Atmosphere Test

A cup of water and a pool of water have the same temperature. Which one has more thermal energy?

• pool
• cup

The envelope of gases that surround a planet.

• atmosphere
• ozone layer
• ionosphere
• UV radiation

How does air move in the atmosphere?

• from cold to hot
• from hot to cold
• from east to west
• from west to east

As altitude increases (you go up), air pressure ______

• stays the same
• decreases
• increases
• increases then decreases

The natural heating process of a planet by which gases in the atmosphere trap thermal energy.

• gardener effect
• troposphere effect
• global warming
• greenhouse effect

Heat transfer by circulation through a liquid or gas

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• ionization

Heat transfer by direct contact

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• ionization

What is the only type of heat transfer that can occur in the vacuum of space?

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• ionization

Most meteors burn up here, never to become meteorites.

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

All weather occurs in this layer of the atmosphere.

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere