Our Atmosphere

Match the clouds to their name.

• cirrus

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• stratus

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• cumulus

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Match the following

• Air weight at a set level on the Earth's surface.

• air pressure

• Pressure that exerts a great influence on the movement of air.

• barometer

• Instrument to measure and detect changes in pressure.

• atmospheric pressure

What gases adversely affect The Greenhouse Effect?

• CFCs

• methane

• carbon dioxide

• All of them.

The most common elements in the atmosphere are ________.

• nitrogen and oxygen

• oxygen and hydrogen

• oxygen and carbon

In the Cordillera Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico _______ air movements can be observed.

• orographic

• topographic

• vertical

A barometer measures _________.

• jet streams

• atmospheric pressure

• gradient forces

Convection, convergence, and topography are factors that affect _________.

• cloud formation

• the ozone layer

• global warming

The Coriolis force is due to _________.

• the rotation of the Earth

• Earth's axis rotation

• atmospheric pressure

The ozone layer protects us from _________.

• ultraviolet radiation

• cosmic rays

• infrared energy

The ozone layer is located in the _________.

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• exosphere