SA4 Review Part 2

This system relates to weather, clouds, or aerosols (particles in the air). It includes an ever‐changing mixture of gas and small particles located above the Earth’s surface.

• Atmosphere
• Lithosphere
• Biosphere
• Hydrosphere

Soil belongs to which sphere?

• Biosphere
• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Atmosphere

Water moves through all the spheres of the earth.

• TRUE
• FALSE

How does the temperature behave as you increase in altitude from the bottom of the stratosphere to the top of the stratosphere?

• Increases
• Decreases
• Decreases then increases
• Stays the same

How does the temperature behave as you increase in altitude from the bottom of the troposphere to the top of the troposphere?

• Increases
• Decreases
• Decreases then increases
• Stays the same

How does the temperature behave as you increase in altitude from the bottom of the mesosphere to the top of the mesosphere?

• Increases
• Decreases
• Decreases then increases
• Stays the same

How does the temperature behave as you increase in altitude from the bottom of the thermosphere to the top of the thermosphere?

• Increases
• Decreases
• Decreases then increases
• Stays the same

Which statement correctly identifies a pattern in the atmosphere?

• As you increase in altitude the pressure continually decreases through all layers of the atmosphere.
• As you increase in altitude the temperature and pressure stays the same through all layers of the atmosphere.
• As you increase in altitude the temperature continually increases through all layers of the atmosphere.
• As you increase in altitude the air pressure continually increases through all layers of the atmosphere.

Evaporation and Transpiration are both processes that release water to the atmosphere as water vapor.

• True
• False

The sun is the main driving force of the hydrologic cycle.

• True 
• False