NS2-M3C7 - Our Atmosphere Quiz 46

Put the atmospheric layers in order of closest to furthest from the earth. (Input the answers in the correct sequence, then push the ENTER button.)

• A. Mesosphere

• B. Thermosphere

• C. Troposphere

• D. Stratosphere

Read the following and decide which of the options is correct. (Input all that apply, then push the ENTER button.) The tropopause is a transitional zone between the troposphere and the near void of the exosphere. It starts just above the troposphere and is divided into three overlapping areas: tropical, extra-tropical, and frigid.

• A. Change “frigid” to “arctic”

• B. Change “exosphere” to “stratosphere”

• C. Change “troposphere” to “ionosphere”

• D. Change “troposphere” to “ozone”

Which layers occur in the ionosphere? (Input all that apply, then push the ENTER button.)

• A. Mesosphere

• B. Stratosphere

• C. Thermosphere

• D. Exosphere

The gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth

• A. Troposphere

• B. Tropopause

• C. Stratosphere

• D. Atmosphere

Strong, generally westerly winds concentrated in a relatively narrow and shallow stream in the upper troposphere of the Earth

• A. Air Mass

• B. Chemosphere

• C. Mesosphere

• D. Jet Stream

Why does it take bodies of water, such as an ocean, slower to warm up than land masses?

• Only a few inches of land will absorb radiation.

• Land has more density at all depths.

• Only the surface of water has kinetic energy.

• Water does not condense until depths in excess of 80 feet.

• None of the above

Which of the following is a true statement?

• Cold air is heavier than warm air.

• Warm air can hold more water vapor than cold air.

• As air moves, wind is created. This is beginning of complex forces that cause the changing weather.

• They are all correct.

• None are correct.

Since warm air can hold more moisture than cold air, relative humidity ___ when air with a given amount of water vapor cools, and _____ when that air is heated.

• increases; decreases

• decreases; stays the same

• increases; increases

• stays the same; increases

• decreases; increases

The phenomenon whereby the Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation, caused by the presence in the atmosphere of gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane that allows incoming sunlight to pass through but absorb heat radiated back from the Earth's surface.

• Global Warning

• Greenhouse Effect

• Fahrenheit

• Geological Compression

Increase in CO2 levels has resulted in an effect that has caused the average temperature to rise to historically high levels everywhere on Earth.

• Greenhouse Effect

• Geological Fusion

• Global Warming

• Global Steeping

• None of the above