Climate and Weather Weekly Quiz-1

What percentage of air is made up of Nitrogen

• 50%

• 78%

• 40%

• 25%

What happens the higher you go in altitude?

• air pressure decreases

• air pressure increases

• air pressure stays the same

What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

What layer is the ozone in?

• Stratosphere

• troposphere

• mesosphere

What happens to the temperature in the Mesosphere

• it drops

• it rises

• it stays the same

What is the hottest layer of the atmosphere?

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

What is thermal conduction?

• warm material rising and cool material sinking

• heat transfer through waves

• the transfer of heat energy through a material

What is radiation?

• transfer of heat energy through waves

• warm material rises and cool material sinks

• heat that makes material hot

Can the greenhouse effect contribute to global warming

• no

• maybe

• not sure

• yes

What causes wind?

• the moon

• the tilt of the Earth

• differences in air pressure