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WorksheetsThe Atmosphere
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 55mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the first layer of the Atmosphere? (lowest)
a)
Troposphere
b)
Thermosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
None of these
2.
What is the second layer called?
a)
Ozone
b)
Troposphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Air
3.
What layer do planes fly in?
a)
Exposphere
b)
Floor
c)
Ozone
d)
Startosphere
4.
What layer is the Ozone in?
a)
Ozone Layer
b)
Startosphere
c)
Troposphere
d)
It's not in one, it has its own
5.
What's the third layer called?
a)
Meosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Six
d)
Exposphere
6.
What's the hottest layer of the Earths Atmosphere
a)
Friday
b)
Ozone Layer
c)
Exposphere
d)
Thermosphere
7.
This gas makes up 21% of the atmosphere
a)
ozone
b)
oxygen
c)
nitrogen
d)
water vapor
8.
This gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere
a)
oxygen
b)
nitrogen
c)
ozone
d)
carbon dioxide
9.
This layer is where auroras are found
a)
exosphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
exosphere
d)
mesosphere
10.
Air pressure is greatest when near Earth's surface because?
a)
The air molecules are farther apart.
b)
The air molecules are closer together.
c)
Air molecules collide.
d)
Air molecules are tightly packed.
11.
Which atmospheric layer shows displays of auroras?
a)
Ionosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Troposphere
d)
Thermosphere
12.
Which of the following happen in the mesosphere?
a)
As altitude increases, temperature decreases.
b)
As altitude decreases, temperature increases.
c)
As altitude increases, temperature increases.
d)
As altitude decreases, temperature decreases.
13.
The _____ protects us from the harmful UV rays of the sun.
a)
Troposphere
b)
Ozone Layer
c)
Exosphere
d)
Stratosphere
14.
The force of a column of air pressing down is called what?
a)
Air Mass
b)
Air Pressure
c)
Air
d)
Heavy
15.
As altitude increases, the temperature always increase
a)
True
b)
False
16.
What is Radiation?
a)
Transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles of matter
b)
Being bounced off
c)
Something getting soaked up
d)
The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
17.
Which of these are not one of the greenhouse gases?
a)
H2O
b)
Ar
c)
CO2
d)
CH4
18.
How many kinds of heat transfer are there?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4 or more
19.
What is the definition of CONDUCTION?
a)
When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
b)
a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
c)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
d)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
20.
What is the definition of CONVECTION
a)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
b)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
c)
a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
d)
hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
21.
What is the definition of RADIATION
a)
hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
b)
When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
c)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
d)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
22.
What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?
a)
Conduction
b)
Radiation
c)
Convection
d)
Density
23.
Which of the following is an example of convection?
a)
A hair dryer is drying up your hair.
b)
When the AC or heater changes the temperature.
c)
When a car engine turns hot after being turned on.
d)
When you are making soup and the water is rising and lowering.
24.
What heat transfer happens when you burn your hand by touching a fire?
a)
Radiation
b)
Conduction
c)
Convectio
d)
I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!
25.
The heat from a hot burner to a pot is transferred by ______.
a)
convection
b)
insulation
c)
radiation
d)
conduction
26.
The way the heat is moving from the hot coffee is called...
a)
convection
b)
radiation
c)
insulation
d)
conduction
27.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation
28.
Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.
a)
high to low
b)
low to high
c)
high to high
d)
It can travel high to low and low to high.
29.
Ironing a shirt is an example of...
a)
condensation
b)
conduction
c)
convection
d)
radiation
30.
The chocolate bunny and the iron.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
31.
If an object has particles that are moving very quickly, the object 's temperature is probably _____.
a)
cold
b)
slow
c)
big
d)
hot
32.
On a hot summer day, which shirt would you put on to make sure you stay cool while you are outside playing?
a)
A black shirt because it reflects the sun's energy.
b)
A white shirt because it reflects the sun's energy.
c)
A black shirt because it absorbs the sun's energy.
d)
A white shirt because it absorbs the sun's energy.
33.
When holding a cup of ice water, your warm hand becomes cold. How does the heat transfer?
a)
From the cold cup to your hand
b)
From the cold cup to the warm air
c)
From the ice to your hand
d)
From your warm hand to the cold cup.
34.
What happens to air pressure as you move upward into the atmosphere?
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
35.
What causes winds?
a)
differences in precipitation
b)
differences in humidity
c)
differences in air pressure
36.
Global winds generally
a)
are unpredictable
b)
change directions day to day
c)
blow from specific directions over long distances
37.
The doldrums are characterized by:
a)
falling air
b)
high pressure
c)
weak winds
38.
Why are polar regions cooler than tropical regions?
a)
The poles tend to have more cloud cover
b)
The poles are farther from the Sun
c)
The poles are surrounded by oceans
d)
The Sun is at a lower angle at the poles
39.
Which tends to maintain a more constant temperature?
a)
water
b)
land
c)
air
d)
pavement
40.
Which is true of this picture?
a)
humid air is heavier than dry air
b)
cold air is lighter than warm air
c)
a sea breeze occurs at night
d)
a land breeze occurs at night
41.
Which kind of air would produce the highest air pressure?
a)
cold, dry air at low altitude
b)
cool, humid air at low altitude
c)
warm, dry air at high altitude
d)
warm, humid air at low altitude
42.
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a)
Wind moves in a straight path from high to low pressure
b)
Wind appears to turn due to Earth's rotation
c)
The Coriolis Effect has absolutely no effect on wind direction
d)
Wind moves from cool, dry areas to warm, humid areas
43.
During the day time ____ Breezes are created at the beach
a)
Land
b)
Sea
c)
Mountain
d)
Valley
44.
Which statement correctly describes the properties of cold air?
a)
less dense and less pressure than warm air
b)
more dense and more pressure than warm air
c)
more dense and less pressure than warm air
d)
less dense and more pressure than warm air
45.
6. Air masses develop because the Earth is heated unevenly.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
Heat transfer between two substances that re in contact is called
a)
conduction
b)
thermal energy
c)
convection
d)
radiation
47.
Earth's rotation makes global winds curve. This is called the
a)
convection current
b)
global effect
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
rotational effect
48.
Warm air rising at the equator and cold air sinking at the poles is one reason for which event?
a)
hurricanes
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Earth's rotation
d)
convection currents
49.
Winds in the mid-latitudes that flow from west to east are called
a)
westerlies
b)
greenhouse effect
c)
altitude
d)
weather
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