PHY SCI: 9.2 Atmosphere Test Review 1

The method of heat transfer that plays a central role in transferring heat energy within the atmsophere and the ocean is

• Radiation
• Reflection
• Convection
• Conduction

What is greenhouse effect?

• the process by which gasses hold heat in the air .
• water vapor and dioxide.
• particles in the atmosphere.
• heat

In what layer of the atmosphere do all weather events occur?

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

The ozone layer is a sublayer of the ________ layer.

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

Why is the ozone layer vital to life on Earth?

• Planes fly in the ozone layer

• It is made up of oxygen (O₂)

• It shields the Earth from ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun

• It causes clouds to be created

Contains the Ozone Layer.

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• All of the above.

Where ALL weather takes place.

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• All of the above.

Located CLOSEST to Earth's surface.

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• All of the above.

Where most water vapor is found.

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• All of the above.

Meteors burn up in this layer.

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• All of the above.