Atmosphere

What occurs when an air mass is forced to rise over a topographic barrier?

• atmospheric lifting

• inversion

• orographic lifting

• coalescence

Which layer of the atmosphere is the hottest because it absorbs most of the high-energy radiation?

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• mesosphere

Which layer of the atmosphere contains most of the mass and is the site of where weather occurs?

• exosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

What is the atmosphere layer that contains the ozone layer?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

What atmosphere layer is above the stratosphere and absorbs very little solar radiation and therefore the temperature decreases with altitude?

• troposphere

• exosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

What is the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere?

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

• stratosphere

Heat is the transfer of thermal energy from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature. In the atmosphere, thermal energy can be transferred by three different ways. Which is NOT one of these ways heat can be transferred?

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• microwave

The natural heating of Earth's surface caused by certain atmospheric gases is called ___________?

• thermal effect

• greenhouse effect

• conduction

• furnace effect

The transfer of thermal energy between objects when their atoms or molecules collide is called __________.

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

• solar

The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves is called ____________.

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• microwave