Atmosphere and Winds

When you pick up a hot cup, heat is transferred from the cup to your hand primarily by_____________________.

• conduction

• convection

Winds that flow in the opposite direction of the trade winds are called ______________________ .

• polar easterlies

• westerlies

• horse latitudes

• doldrums

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

More molecules of air per cubic centimeter means _______________ air pressure.

• lower

• higher

____________ can make up from 0-4% of the atmosphere depending on where you are and what time of the day it is.

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Ozone

• Water vapor

Wind occurs because air tends to move from regions of higher to lower _______________________.

• latitude

• pressure

• nitrogen levels

• humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The protective ozone layer is found in the

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• stratosphere

As ____________________ increases, air pressure decreases.

• altitude

• radiation

• water vapor

• pollution

The air we breathe is mostly ____________________.

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• ozone

• nitrogen

When liquid or gas material transfers heat energy by flowing from one place to another.

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• precipitation

An increase in the greenhouse effect would cause ________________.

• convection

• global warming

• acid precipitation

• conduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5