Weather Test Review

Weather Test Review

Test will cover:

1. Layers of the Atmosphere

2. Water Cycle

3. Air Masses

4. Fronts

5. Climate

Layers of the Atmosphere

• Be able to name each layer & their characteristics.

• Remember fossil fuels are nonrenewable (it takes FOREVER for them to be replenished)

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order of Earth's atmospheric layers from Earth's surface to space?

• Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Troposphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

• Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

• Troposphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

Multiple Choice

How does the ozone layer help life on Earth?

• It produces oxygen for the atmosphere.

• It protects Earth from meteors.

• It absorbs damaging UV rays from the Sun.

• It reflects most of the Sun's radiation to keep the planet cool.

Multiple Select

Check all characteristics that apply to the mesosphere. (they are 3 answers that need to be checked)

• Coldest layer

• Warmest layer

• Meteors burn up in this layer.

• Nitrogen & oxygen are found in this layer.

Water Cycle

• Be able to identify the different parts of the water cycle.

• Know the driving force behind the water cycle.

Multiple Choice

What is the main source of energy that allows the water cycle to flow?

• Sun

• Lightning

• Gravity

• Wind

Climate

• Winds curve due to the Coriolis Effect

• Know the different climate zones & what causes them

Multiple Choice

What are all of the climate zones that result from unequal heating from the Earth?

• tropical & polar

• tropical & temperate

• temperate & polar

• tropical, temperate, & polar

Multiple Choice

Climate zones are MOSTLY caused by which of the following?

• seasons

• uneven heating

• spinning of Earth

• global wind belts