Chapter 12: Earth's Atmosphere Study Guide

Chapter 12: Earth's Atmosphere Study Guide

Multiple Choice

Sea and land breezes are caused because...

• the land heats and cools more slowly than the water

• the land heats and cools more quickly than the water

• air moves more easily over water than over land

• air moves more easily over land then over water

The land heats and cools more quickly than the water.

Multiple Choice

There is little wind in the doldrums because the air...

• is moving down

• cools and sinks, creating a zone of high pressure

• moves westward

• is motionless

cools and sinks, creating a zone of high pressure

Multiple Choice

The ________________ is caused by the Earth's rotation.

• jet stream

• Coriolis effect

• sea breeze

• land breeze

Coriolis effect

Multiple Choice

The _________ are responsible for the movement of much of the weather across the U.S. & Canada.

• prevailing westerlies

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• doldrums

Prevailing Westerlies

Multiple Choice

Reflection & absorption by the atmosphere prevent some ______from reaching the Earth's surface.

• ozone

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• radiation

Radiation

Multiple Choice

When cool dense air from over the water flows inland, it's called a ____________.

• land breeze

• polar easterly

• jet stream

• sea breeze

Sea Breeze

Multiple Choice

Steady winds between the equator and 30 degrees latitude north or south are known as _________.

• doldrums

• polar easterlies

• jet stream

• trade winds

Trade Winds

Multiple Choice

_______ is a mixture of dust, acids and other chemicals that can be hazardous to human health.

• acid precipitation

• photochemical smog

• particulate matter

• air pollution

Particulate Matter

Multiple Choice

The _____________ are a windless zone.

• doldrums

• prevailing westerlies

• polar easterlies

• jet streams

Doldrums

Multiple Choice

Air above the equator is heated more than at any other place on Earth because solar rays hit...

• at a 180 degree angle

• at a 45 degree angle

• more directly

• none of the above

More directly

Multiple Choice

The layer of gases surrounding the Earth is known as the ______________.

• stratosphere

• Coriolis Effect

• atmosphere

• convection

Atmosphere

Multiple Choice

The ____________ contains the most ozone in the atmosphere.

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• atmosphere

• troposphere

Stratosphere

Multiple Choice

Because of ______________, moving air is deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere.

• convection

• conduction

• Coriolis effect

• exosphere

Coriolis Effect

Multiple Choice

The process of warm air rising and cool air sinking is called _______________.

• convection

• conduction

• transfer

• smog

Convection

• 
  

Multiple Choice

This gas makes up 0% to 4% of the Earth's atmosphere...

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• ozone

• water vapor

Water Vapor

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The transfer of energy by rays or waves is known as...

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

• atmosphere

Radiation

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Makes up 21% of the Earth's atmosphere...

• water vapor

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• ozone

Oxygen

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The transfer of energy that occurs when molecules bump one another in known as...

• convection

• radiation

• conduction

• Coriolis effect

Conduction

Multiple Choice

The most common gas in the atmosphere...

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• water vapor

• argon

Nitrogen

Multiple Choice

The gas that is made up of three oxygen molecules bonded together...

• ozone

• oxygen

• water vapor

• argon

Ozone

Multiple Choice

Layer of atmosphere where weather occurs...

• mesophere

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• exosphere

Troposphere

Multiple Choice

The layer of the atmosphere where satellites would be found...

• troposphere

• atmosphere

• exosphere

• mesosphere

Exosphere

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One of the two layers that contains the ionosphere...

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• exopsphere

• thermosphere

Thermosphere

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Ozone is important to us because ____________.

• It's one extra molecule of oxygen

• we can breathe it

• it protects us from the sun's radiation

• it's destroyed by air pollution

It protects us from the sun's radiation.

Multiple Choice

Water is not a gas, therefore, it is not part of Earth's atmosphere.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A tan or a sunburn is the result of exposure to ultraviolet light.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The sun is a constant supply of energy to Earth.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The total amount of energy reaching Earth from the sun is equal to the amount of energy leaving.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Wind is caused by differences in elevation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Coriolis effect helps distribute heat around the surface of the Earth.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The ____________ contains the most ozone in the atmosphere.

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• atmosphere

• troposphere