ESS - Exam - Meteorology

What is the study of atmospheric phenomena?

• Geology
• Astronomy
• Meteorology
• Climatology

What are the short-term variations in atmospheric phenomena on Earth called?

• Weather
• Climate
• Normals
• Meteoros

What is the long-term average of the variations in weather for a particular area?

• Weather
• Climate
• Normals
• Meteoros

What atmospheric layer (#8) is the closest to the Earth’s surface?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

What atmospheric layer (#7) is above the tropopause?

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

What atmospheric layer (#5) is above the stratopause?

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

What atmospheric layer (#3) is above the mesopause?

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

What atmospheric layer (#1) is the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere?

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

What atmospheric layer (#1) contains most of the mass of the atmosphere and is where weather occurs?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

What atmospheric layer contains the ozone layer (#6)?

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere