Science Quiz

The transfer of heat in a fluid, water or air is called ______________This is also what scientist believe causes movement of Earth’s plates.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• sublimation

The most dangerous part of a hurricane or typhoon is the _________________.

• eye wall

• storm surge

• rain bands

• eye

This is a scientist who studies weather ________________________________.

• geologist

• meteorologist

• oceanographer

• seismologist

The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is called _____________________________________.

• pressure

• density

• humidity

• temperature

The uneven heating of the atmosphere leads to differences in air pressure called _______________.

• wind

• tornado

• hurricane

• typhoon

The layer of the atmosphere in which weather occurs is the ___________________________.

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

Nitrogen makes up ______% of Earth’s atmosphere, oxygen makes up ______ % of earth’s atmosphere.

• 78, 21

• 80, 20

• 75, 25

• 70, 30

When people burn fossil fuels they release the gas ________________________________ into the atmosphere.

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

• methane

As your altitude increases, air pressure and density ________________________. .

• increase

• decrease

• remain constant

• fluctuate

The condition of the atmosphere at any given place and time is called the _________________________.

• climate

• weather

• temperature

• humidity