Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · Geography
Chapter: Chapter 10 — Chapter 10: Insolation and Heat Balance
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is insolation? [1]
(A) Solar energy Earth receives
(B) Only Earth's rotation
(C) Only Earth's revolution
(D) Nothing specific
2. How does insolation vary? [1]
(A) By latitude
(B) It's the same everywhere
(C) Only by season, not location
(D) Randomly
3. Which region receives more direct sunlight? [1]
(A) The equator
(B) The poles
(C) Neither region
(D) Both equally
4. What does Earth do with absorbed solar energy? [1]
(A) Radiates heat back into space
(B) Keeps it all forever
(C) Loses it instantly
(D) Nothing happens to it
5. What does this balance maintain? [1]
(A) A relatively stable temperature
(B) Constant temperature increase
(C) Constant temperature decrease
(D) No effect on temperature
6. What factors affect insolation absorption? [1]
(A) Cloud cover and surface type
(B) Only cloud cover
(C) Only surface type
(D) Nothing affects it
7. What does understanding heat balance explain? [1]
(A) Climate patterns and seasonal variations
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only ocean currents
(D) Only wind patterns
8. What is related to insolation and the greenhouse effect? [1]
(A) Global warming
(B) Nothing related
(C) Only local weather
(D) Only ocean temperature
9. What is insolation? [1]
(A) Solar energy Earth receives
(B) Only Earth's rotation
(C) Only Earth's revolution
(D) Nothing specific
10. How does insolation vary? [1]
(A) By latitude
(B) It's the same everywhere
(C) Only by season, not location
(D) Randomly
11. Which region receives more direct sunlight? [1]
(A) The equator
(B) The poles
(C) Neither region
(D) Both equally
12. What does Earth do with absorbed solar energy? [1]
(A) Radiates heat back into space
(B) Keeps it all forever
(C) Loses it instantly
(D) Nothing happens to it
13. What does this balance maintain? [1]
(A) A relatively stable temperature
(B) Constant temperature increase
(C) Constant temperature decrease
(D) No effect on temperature
14. What factors affect insolation absorption? [1]
(A) Cloud cover and surface type
(B) Only cloud cover
(C) Only surface type
(D) Nothing affects it
15. What does understanding heat balance explain? [1]
(A) Climate patterns and seasonal variations
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only ocean currents
(D) Only wind patterns
16. What is related to insolation and the greenhouse effect? [1]
(A) Global warming
(B) Nothing related
(C) Only local weather
(D) Only ocean temperature