ES chap 18 Review

The kind of air pollution that makes many of our cities appear hazy is called.

• ash

• smog

• smoke

• dust

According to naturalistic scientists, which of the following gases was not present in earth's earliest atmosphere according to naturalistic scientists?

• helium

• hydrogen

• oxygen

• nitrogen

Which gas is designed in our atmosphere to dilute oxygen to the level appropriate for life?

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

• Helium

• hydrogen

In temperate zones, the tropospheric lapse rate

• generally increases from the surface to the tropopause

• generally decreases from the surface to the tropopause

• is generally constant from the surface to the tropopause

• increases and decreases unpredictably from the surface to the tropopause

A process that is an artificial chemical reaction that produces ammonia fertilizer.

• nitrogen fixation

• the Haber-Bosch process

• the tropospheric lapse rate

• the Higgs-Boson process

The particle in the atmosphere made of 3 Oxygen atoms

• Greenhouse gas

• Smog

• Ozone

• Nitrogen

Nearly every year, a thin spot in the ozone layer develops over

• Antarctica

• the Arctic

• the Equator

• The Middle East

The ionosphere is useful because

• it allows for radio communication on earth

• it traps heat in the atmosphere

• it limits the heat of the atmosphere to tolerable levels

• it would protect the earth from solar flares

The magnetosphere is useful because

• it allows for radio communication on earth

• it traps heat in the atmosphere

• it limits the heat of the atmosphere to tolerable levels

• it would protect the earth from solar flares and radiation

Auroras (the northern and southern lights) are caused by which layer of the atmosphere

• the magnetosphere

• the ionosphere

• the ozone layer

• the stratosphere