Earth Science Unit 2 Atmosphere

In which layer of the atmosphere does temperature increase as altitude increases?

• Thermosphere and Troposphere
• Troposphere and Mesosphere
• Mesosphere and Thermosphere
• Stratosphere and Thermosphere

What causes La Nina?

• Cooling water off the Atlantic Coast of the USA
• Cooling of water in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America
• Warm Pacific waters off the West coast of the Americas are pushed by trade winds
• Cooling of water in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North America

La Niña will cause what kind of weather in the southeastern US?

• cold and wet
• cold and dry
• warm and wet
• warm and dry

Albedo refers to an object's ability to ______ solar radiation

• Absorb
• Reflect

Prevailing winds that blow throughout the contiguous United States (found between the 30 o and 60 o latitudes) are called

• trade winds
• westerlies
• doldrums
• polar easterlies

The warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases in the air absorb and reradiate infrared radiation is known as ...

• radiation.
• electromagnetic energy.
• greenhouse effect.
• thermal heat.

_______ refers to short-term conditions that happen in an area. __________ uses an area's average precipitation and rainfall to determine long-term conditions.

• Weather, Climate
• Climate, Weather

In general, the Coriolis effect is noticeable only on objects that move very fast or travel

• from north to south.
• along a wind belt.
• long distances.
• during daylight hours.

Humid conditions are caused by which of the following air masses?

• Polar
• Tropical
• Maritime
• Continental

Which of the following explains why the air cools as you rise up in the troposphere, but not the stratosphere.

• Hot air from global wind patterns rises until it reacher the stratosphere, where hot ait is trapped and bounces around in the ozone layer
• Earth's surface reflects ultraviolet radiation, as you get further away in the troposphere it gets cooler. The stratosphere blocks that absorbed heat from leaving the atmosphere, which is why it gets warmer.
• Earth's surface radiates thermal energy. As you further away in the troposphere, the atmosphere thins, which reduces its ability to trap heat. The stratosphere contains the ozone layer, which absorbs ultraviolet radiation.
• The clouds in the stratosphere prevent heat from entering which makes toe troposphere colder and heats up the stratosphere.