The __________ is the layer of Earth's atmosphere that is closest to Earth's surface.

• stratosphere

• ionosphere

• troposphere

• exosphere

Sea and land breezes are caused becuase

• 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 than over water

When Earth receives energy fromt he Sun, ___________.

• some energy is reflected back to space

• some is absorbed by the atmosphere

• some is absorbed by land and water on Earth's surface

• all of the above

The _________ is the source of all energy in our atmosphere.

• Sun

• water cycle

• Moon

• Coriolis effect

Energy is ______________ when molecules collide during conduction.

• decreased

• reflected

• transferred

• retained

Air above the equator is heated more than any other place on Earth becuase solar rays strike the equator

• at a 180 degree angle

• at a 45 degree angle

• more directly

• none of the above

In general, atmospheric pressure is greatest near Earth's surface and ______________ as you move upward and away from sea level.

• decreases

• increases

• stays the same

• doubles

Which process of energy transfer occurs when heat is emitted from a light souces (such as the Sun or a heat lamp)?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• emission

As you go higher in the troposhere, the temperature

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• triples

Because of the _________________, moving air is deflected to the right in the nothern hemisphere

• Equator

• Prime Meridan

• troposphere

• Coriolis effect