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Atmosphere

Authored by Lisa Floyd

Social Studies

8th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

atmospheric lifting

inversion

orographic lifting

coalescence

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

thermosphere

stratosphere

troposphere

mesosphere

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

exosphere

stratosphere

troposphere

thermosphere

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the atmosphere layer that contains the ozone layer?

troposphere

stratosphere

mesosphere

thermosphere

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

troposphere

exosphere

mesosphere

thermosphere

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere?

mesosphere

thermosphere

exosphere

stratosphere

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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