Energy in the Earth System

What is the correct order of the layers of the atmosphere?

• earth, exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere

• earth, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere,exosphere

• troposphere, earth,mesosphere, stratosphere, exosphere, thermosphere

• troposphere, mesosphere, earth, stratosphere, exosphere, thermosphere

There Earth's System can be divided into 5 parts?

• False

• True

All of the Earth’s frozen water can be found in the Earth's...

• geoshphere

• rocks

• hydrosphere

• cryosphere

Which Earth system is the mostly solid, rocky part of Earth?

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• cryosphere

Earth's main source of energy is....

• the moon

• wind

• the sun

• water

What is the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves?

• radiation

• energy

• heat

• thermal expansion

Air pressure is the measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface?

• True

• False

An increase in the size of a substance in response to an increase in the temperature of the substance.

• gravity

• greenhouse effect

• thermal expansion

• radiation

The layer of the atmosphere at an altitude of 15 to 40 km in which zone absorbs ultraviolet radiation.

• greenhouse gases

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• ozone layer

Ozone layer is the warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases absorb and reradiate thermal energy.

• True

• False