Pass Science Test Prep

What is the scientific study of the atmosphere?

• Weather
• Troposhere
• Forecast
• Meteorology 

What is the gas that makes up most of the atmosphere?

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Carbon 
• Helium

What is a prediction about what kind of weather to expect?

• Meteorology
• Forecast
• Climate
• Season

What is the condition of the atmosphere at any given time?

• Weather
• Forecast
• Climate
• Meteorology

What is the layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs?

• Troposhere
• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere
• Exosphere

What is the layer of gases that surrounds Earth?

• Weather
• Climate
• Meteors
• Atmosphere

Which gas makes up 78% of the Earth's atmosphere?

• Hydrogen
• Nitrogen
• Water Vapor
• Helium

Which gas makes up 21% of Earth's atmosphere?

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Helium
• Carbon Dioxide

Weather occurs in...

• ...the entire atmosphere (all the layers of the atmosphere)
• ...the lowest layer of the atmosphere (troposphere)
• ...the lowest two layers of the atmosphere (troposphere and stratosphere)
• ...the outer layer of the atmosphere (exosphere)

Water forms on the outside of a glass of iced tea on a hot day. What process causes the water to form?

• condensation
• runoff
• evaporation
• precipitation