Q. Which of the following statements is true/correct

A) During clear nights, the temperature rises steadily upward near the ground level
B) Newton’s law of cooling, an appropriate form of Stefan’s law, is valid only for natural convection
C) The total energy emitted by a black body per unit time per unit area is proportional to the square of its temperature in the Kelvin scale
D) Two spheres of the same material have radii $1m$ and $4m$ and temperatures $4000K$ and $2000K$ respectively. The energy radiated per second by the first sphere is greater than that radiated per second by the second sphere
Explanation

(b) During clear nights object on surface of earth radiate out heat and temperature falls. Hence option (a) is wrong
The total energy radiated by a body per unit time per unit area $E \propto T^{4}$. Hence option (c) is wrong
Energy radiated per second is given by $\frac{Q}{t} = PA\varepsilon\sigma T^{4}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{P_{1}}{P_{2}} = \frac{A_{1}}{A_{2}}.\left( \frac{T_{1}}{T_{2}} \right)^{4} = \left( \frac{r_{1}}{r_{2}} \right)^{2}.\left( \frac{T_{1}}{T_{2}} \right)^{4} = \left( \frac{1}{4} \right)^{2}\left( \frac{4000}{200} \right) = \frac{1}{1}$
$\because P_{1} = P_{2}$, hence option (d) is wrong
Newton’s law is an approximate form of Stefan’s law of radiation and works well for natural convection. Hence option (b) is correct

Dr. Abubacker
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.