Meteorology Review (Part 1)

What do we call the temperature at which air becomes saturated?

• dew point
• saturation
• fall point
• rain

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

What is the name of earth's atmospheric layer where weather occurs?

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

• troposphere

Which layer of the atmosphere is the coldest layer?

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• exosphere

• stratosphere

List the layers of the atmosphere in order from Earth's surface to outer space.

• stratosphere, thermosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, exosphere

• troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, stratosphere

• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

• thermosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, exosphere

What happens to air pressure when you go up the atmosphere?

• decreases

• increases

• stays the same

In which layer of the atmosphere do cloud formation and precipitation occur?

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• troposphere

What are the two most common gases found throughout the atmospheric layers?

• carbon dioxide and oxygen

• ozone and water vapor

• nitrogen and oxygen

• carbon dioxide and nitrogen

When a person climbs a mountain, what happens to the air pressure around him?

• It decreases.

• It increases.

• It remains constant.

• It decreases, then increases.

How does the ozone layer help life on Earth?

• It produces oxygen for the atmosphere.

• It protects Earth from meteors.

• It absorbs damaging ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.

• It reflects most of the Sun's radiation to keep the planet cool.