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Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 34mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which gas in our atmosphere is most abundant?
a)
Argon
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Carbon Dioxide
2.
The air in the troposphere has a greater density than the air in any other layer of the atmosphere,
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Temperature in the stratosphere warms as altitude increases.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What percentage of our atmosphere is made up of other gases such as argon, water vapor, and carbon dioxide?
a)
1%
b)
21%
c)
78%
d)
90%
5.
What is the percentage of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere?
a)
1%
b)
21%
c)
78%
d)
90%
6.
In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Thermosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Troposphere
7.
What causes the temperature to increase in the stratosphere?
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Ozone
c)
Water Vapor
d)
carbon dioxide
8.
What decreases as you go up in the atmosphere?
a)
Altitude
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Meteors
d)
Air Pressure
9.
What is the second lowest main layer of Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
10.
Where is the temperature the highest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
11.
The layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in _________.
a)
altitude
b)
density
c)
composition
d)
temperature
12.
The long term prevailing atmospheric conditions in an area are known as
a)
weather
b)
climate
c)
precipitation
d)
pollution
13.
Atmospheric pressure _________________ with ________________altitude.
a)
Decreases with increasing
b)
Increases with increasing
c)
Decreases with decreasing
14.
The density of our atmosphere _____________ with an increase in altitude.
a)
Increases
b)
Gets greater
c)
Decreases
d)
Gets heavier
15.
Describe how the ozone layer protects the earth.
a)
Absorbs solar radiation, Protects Earth from UV Rays, and emits heat
b)
Ozone in the lower atmosphere is a pollutant
16.
The ability of the air to hold water depends on its _______________.
a)
air pressure
b)
thermometer
c)
temperature
d)
water vapor
17.
Humidity is a measure of the amount of __________ in the air.
a)
Rain Drops
b)
Air Pressure
c)
Temperature
d)
Water Vapor
18.
Humidity can be found by comparing the temperatures of _________________.
a)
barometers
b)
wet-bulb and dry-bulb thermometers
c)
Hydrometers
d)
Anemometers
19.
Air with a relative humidity of 100 percent is said to be __________________.
a)
Saturated
b)
Unsaturated
c)
Hot
d)
Muggy
20.
Water vapor is one of the components of the air in the atmosphere. What change causes the vapor in the air to form clouds?
a)
A. As air rises in the atmosphere, it becomes warmer and cannot hold as much water.
b)
B. As water vapor rises in the atmosphere it cools and is under less pressure, the water vapor in the air then condenses around tiny particles called condenstation nuclei.
c)
C. Air rises, the water becomes heavier and changes form.
21.
Dew Point is the:
a)
temperature air cools down to reach condensation (or turn into a liquid).
b)
temperature where ice melts to liquid water.
c)
temperature where ice turns directly into water vapor.
d)
time of day when dew on the ground disappears.
22.
The phase change from water vapor to liquid water is known as:
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
sublimation
23.
Winds are caused by differences in:
a)
precipitation
b)
humidity
c)
air pressure
d)
turbulence
24.
As the air temperature increases, the air's capacity for water vapor:
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
remains the same
d)
is unrelated to air temperature and can either increase or decrease
25.
If the air is only "holding" one-third as much moisture as it can possibly "hold", what is the relative humidity?
a)
50%
b)
25%
c)
33%
d)
67%
26.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation
27.
The climate at 90° north latitude is dry because the air at that location is usually
a)
warm and rising
b)
warm and sinking
c)
cold and rising
d)
cold and sinking
28.
What is the flow of air from water to land?
a)
Sea Breeze
b)
Local Winds
c)
Land Breeze
d)
Humidity
29.
The Coriolis Effect makes wind and ocean currents appear to move right in the Northern Hemisphere and left in the Southern Hemisphere. They are actually moving straight, but because __ they seem to bend or curve.
a)
of the earth's rotation
b)
of the jet stream
c)
of friction between air and water
d)
warming of ocean water and wind
30.
What is the sun's role in creating wind or ocean currents?
a)
Makes the ocean hot
b)
Creates a breeze
c)
Gives daylight
d)
Heats land and water unevenly
31.
Winds may be named for their location or for the direction from which they blow. Which winds blow from 30° latitude in both hemispheres almost to the equator?
a)
easterlies
b)
westerlies
c)
trade winds
d)
the doldrums
32.
The reason why global winds flow from east to west and west to east, but not north to south, or south to north.
a)
Bernoulli's principle
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
high pressure
d)
low pressure
33.
At the poles, air is usually ________.
a)
rising
b)
sinking
34.
At the equator, at the ITCZ, the air is usually ________.
a)
rising
b)
sinking
35.
Which global wind system has the greatest effect on weather patterns in the United States?
a)
Doldrums
b)
Easterlies
c)
Westerlies
d)
Trade winds
36.
Convection currents in the atmosphere form what 3 convection regions?
a)
Westerlies, desert, and polar
b)
Polar, temperate(Ferrell), and tropical(Hadley)
c)
Tropical, rainforest, temperate
d)
Temperate, coastal plain, Gulf Stream
37.
If I am standing at 1pm on a hot sunny Florida beach in summer, my hair will most likely ____.
a)
blow towards the land.
b)
blow towards the ocean.
c)
blow equally in both directions
d)
stick to my head because of bad static
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