WorksheetsRhee Ch. 15 Atmosphere
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the 3 global winds and 2 calm areas?
a)
Trade Winds, Local Winds, and Polar Easterlies and Doldrums
b)
Polar Easterlies, Westerlies, and Trade Winds and Horse Latitudes and Doldrums
c)
Doldrums, Horse Latitudes, and Trade Winds
d)
Polar Easterlies, Westerlies, and Doldrums
2.
What is significant about the Mesosphere
a)
It is the hottest layer
b)
It protects us from gamma rays
c)
It is the coldest layer and meteors burn up here
d)
It is the hottest layer and meteors burn up here
3.
How is most of the heat transferred on earth?
a)
Radiation
b)
Conduction
c)
Convection
d)
All of the above are used the same amount
4.
What causes global warming?
a)
increase in green house gases
b)
the sun is getting closer.
c)
the summers are getting longer.
d)
humans are building too many goods.
5.
How are winds all winds created?
a)
Differences in Altitude
b)
Differences in Air pressure
c)
Similarities in Altitude
d)
Similarities in Air pressure
6.
Where are satellites found?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Thermosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Exosphere
7.
How does temperature change as you move through the layers of the atmosphere?
a)
through troposphere temperature decreases
b)
through mesosphere temperature decreases
c)
through stratosphere temperature decreases
d)
through exosphere temperature increases
8.
What happens to air pressure as altitude increases?
a)
Air pressure increases
b)
Air pressure stays the same
c)
Air pressure decreases
d)
All of the Above
9.
Explain the Coriolis Effect.
a)
It is caused by the differences in air pressure
b)
WInds and currents curve across the globe due to the Earth's rotation
c)
The curving changes as the altitude increases.
10.
List the layers of the atmosphere starting from sea level.
a)
thermosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere
b)
Exospere, thermosphere, troposphere, ionosphere
c)
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
11.
Where is the ozone layer found?
a)
troposphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
thermosphere
12.
How fast do jet streams move?
a)
200 km per hour
b)
300 km per hour
c)
400 km per hour
d)
500 km per hour
13.
What are the 3 main gases distributed in the air? (%)
a)
Nitrogen (78)% Oxygen (21)% and Carbon Dioxide (4)%
b)
Nitrogen (45)% Oxygen (87)% and Carbon Dioxide (38)%
c)
Nitrogen (23)% Oxygen (65)% and Carbon Dioxide (87)%
d)
Nitrogen (78)% Oxygen (21)% and Carbon Dioxide (less than 1)%
14.
What property are the layer of the atmosphere based on?
a)
Gases
b)
Elevation
c)
Temperature
d)
Air pressure
15.
What country get most of the effect by Westerlies?
a)
U.S.
b)
Australia
c)
Greenland
d)
Great Britain
16.
Air has mass because it has __________ and _________.
a)
density and mass
b)
pressure and mass
c)
density and pressure
d)
air and atmosphere
17.
What is the name of the steady winds that flow from west to east between latitudes 30*N and 60*N and 30*S and 60*S?
a)
trade winds
b)
local winds
c)
polar easterlies
d)
prevailing westerlies
18.
What kind of breeze is this & what time of day/night would it form?
a)
Land breeze - daytime
b)
Land breeze - nighttime
c)
Sea breeze - daytime
d)
Sea breeze - nighttime
19.
Which statement correctly defines wind?
a)
Wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure
b)
Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
c)
Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere.
d)
Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface.
20.
Which term is best described as the movement of air from land to sea?
a)
global winds
b)
land breeze
c)
sea breeze
d)
local winds
21.
What causes global winds and convection in the atmosphere?
a)
continental deflection
b)
Moon's gravity
c)
the rotation of the Earth
d)
unequal heating of the Earth by the sun
22.
A south wind blows toward the south.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Steady winds that flow from east to west between 30*N latitude and 30*S latitude toward the equator.
a)
jet stream
b)
westserlies
c)
trade winds
d)
polar easterlies
24.
Which statement correctly describes the properties of cold air?
a)
less dense and less pressure than warm air
b)
more dense and less pressure than warm air
c)
more dense and more pressure than warm air
d)
less dense and more pressure than warm air
25.
Near the top of the troposphere is a narrow band of high speed winds called the______.
a)
westerlies
b)
trade winds
c)
jet streams
d)
local winds
26.
Why does warm air rise?
a)
Warm air is more dense than cooler air
b)
Warm air is less dense than cooler air.
c)
Warm air has more pressure than cooler air.
d)
Warm air has a higher dew point than cooler air.
27.
The curving of air to the right in the Northern hemisphere is caused by ___________ and is called the _________ effect.
a)
Earth's rotation...Coriolis
b)
Earth's rotation...Doppler
c)
Earth's revolution...Coriolis
d)
Earth's revolution...Doppler
28.
Why do land breezes occur at night?
a)
Land cools off slower than water, so the air above water is cooler.
b)
Land heats up slower than water, so the air stays cooler during the day.
c)
Water cools off faster than land, so the air above land is warmer.
d)
Water cools off slower than land, so the air above water is warmer.
29.
The process of earth absorbing thermal energy and radiating it back into the atmosphere is called
a)
Global Warming
b)
The Greenhouse Effect
c)
The Coriolis Effect
d)
radiation
30.
Feeling the sun's thermal energy
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
31.
Feeling the cool sand under your feet
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
32.
Thermal heat from the sun being balanced out due to the rising and sinking of warm and cool air.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
33.
The difference between local and global winds is that
a)
local winds are predictable and global winds are not
b)
global winds are predictable and local winds are not
34.
Local winds are formed
a)
global winds
b)
buildings and farms
c)
global geographical features such as mountain ranges
d)
local geographical features such as mountains and valleys
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