ES Semester Exam Review

There are more clouds in the sky when air pressure is __________.

• High

• Low

• The number of clouds is unrelated to air pressure

If Earth’s axis is tipping away from the sun, that means the Northern Hemisphere is in which season?

• Spring

• Summer

• Autumn

• Winter

The layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer is the

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

Which tool is used to measure air pressure?

• Hygrometer

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Anemometer

Through which of the following is atmospheric Nitrogen converted to Nitrogen in the soil?

• Lightning

• Photosynthesis

• Denitrification

• Animal respiration

The phosphorus cycle is unique because it does not include which location?

• Soil

• Atmosphere

• Plants

• Animals

Which process takes carbon dioxide from the air and converts it into organic matter?

• Respiration

• Denitrification

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

A location that releases more of a nutrient than it takes in is called a

• Source

• Sink

• Reservoir

Moving from the earth, upwards, what is the correct order of the layers of the atmosphere?

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Exosphere

• Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

• Stratosphere, Troposphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Exosphere

What percentage of the atmosphere is made of oxygen gas?

• 78%

• 50%

• 21%

• 1%