Earthś Atmosphere

List the gases in Earthś atmosphere in order from most abundant to least abundant.

• nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor

• oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor

• water vapor, oxygen, nitrogen

What causes wind?

• temperature inversion

• unequal heating of Earthś surface

• convection in the mesosphere

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How does temperature change in the troposphere?

• It increases with height

• It decreases with height

• It increases and then decreases with height

What happens to the Sunś radiation after it reaches Earth?

• Clouds reflect most of it

• Earthś surface absorbs about half of it

• The atmosphere absorbs about 90% of it

Define the coriolis effect.

• Causes wind to turn to right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere

• Causes temperature inversions

• Causes the greenhouse effect

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What are trade winds?

• winds that flow from west to east toward the equator

• winds that flow from east to west toward the equator

• very cold winds

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What are the westerlies?

• winds that flow from east to west between 30 and 60 degrees

• cold winds that blow from west to east between 0 and 30 degrees

• winds that flow from west to east between 30 and 60 degrees

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What are the polar easterlies?

• cold winds that blow from east to west near the poles

• cold winds that blow near the equator

• winds that blow from west to east from 30 to 60 degrees

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What protects Earth from Sunś harmful rays?

• land breeze

• jet stream

• ozone

What causes stormy weather?

• stable air

• unstable air

• conduction

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