Atmosphere Test Review

What are the three types of heat transfers?

• Conduction

• Condensation

• Radiation

• Convection

Which atmosphere layer is warmed by Earth's surface?

• trophosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• exosphere

Use the diagram of the water cycle to answer the question.

Where is evaporation happening?

• from A to B

• from D to A

• from B to C

• from C to D

_______ air is more dense so it sinks.

• Cold

• Warm

What type of heat transfer happens through the flow of a heated material?

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Absorption

True or false:

Chlorofluorocarbons destroy the ozone layer by destroying ozone molecules.

• True

• False

What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

• Condensation

Too much exposure to this can cause skin cancer.

• ozone

• ultraviolet radiation

• air pressure

• water vapor

Which gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere?

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

• Argon

• Nitrogen

What is responsible for the movement of much of the weather across the United States?

• trade winds

• polar easterlies

• prevailing westerlies

• doldrums