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Earth's Atmosphere Weather and Climate Study Guide

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which gas makes up 78% of our atmosphere?

a)

oxygen

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

nitrogen

d)

argon

2.

Which layer of the atmosphere does all weather occur?

a)

exosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

3.

Which layer of the atmosphere helps us by burning up incoming meteors?

a)

exosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

4.

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

a)

troposphere

b)

thermosphere

c)

methosphere

d)

stratosphere

5.

A compound made of three oxygen atoms is called

a)

acid rain

b)

smog

c)

ozone

d)

carbon dioxide

6.

How did scientists determine where the layers of the atmosphere are divided?

a)

a change in elements

b)

a change in compounds

c)

a change in temperature

d)

a change in ozone

7.

Why do your ears pop when on an airplane?

a)

more radiation by being closer to the sun

b)

more ozone in the air as the altitude increases

c)

damage due to hydrogen in the air

d)

a change in air pressure

8.

Which layer of the atmosphere, as identified by the chart, is MOST likely the troposphere?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

9.

The layers of gases that surround the earth is known as

a)

smog

b)

currents

c)

radiation

d)

the atmosphere

10.

Based on the chart, which layers of the atmosphere have a temperature that decreases as the altitude increases? Check all that apply.

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

11.

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

a)

tropsophere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

12.

The trapping of the heat in our atmosphere is called

a)

the atmosphere

b)

global currents

c)

greenhouse effect

d)

Coriolis effect

13.

Which order is correct from the earth to space?

a)

Thermosphere

Troposphere

Mesosphere

Stratosphere

Ionosphere

b)

Stratosphere

Mesosphere

Ozone

Ionosphere

Troposphere

c)

Ionosphere

Thermosphere

Mesosphere

Stratosphere

Troposphere

d)

Troposphere

Thermosphere

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Mesosphere

14.

What is the meaning of convection?

a)

Cold Rises Heat Falls

b)

Heat

c)

Cold

d)

Heat Rises Cold Falls

15.

What is the meaning of conduction?

a)

When heat transfers from objects that are not touching

b)

Heat Rises

c)

Cold Falls

d)

When heat transfers through objects that are touching

16.

What kind of heat is happening when the sun heats your body?

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Density

d)

Radiation

17.
Water boiling is an example of ____
a)
conduction
b)
radiation
c)
density
d)
convection
18.
heat rises
a)
true
b)
false
19.
cold falls
a)
false
b)
true
20.
Heat energy traveling through space is an example of _____
a)
convection
b)
density
c)
radiation
d)
conduction
21.
Heat always travels from _____ to ______ objects
a)
hot to cold
b)
cold to hot
c)
cold to cold
d)
hot to hot
22.
This is a lava lamp. When the light bulb heats the wax, the wax rises. When the wax cools, it falls. This cycle of rising/falling is an example of:
a)
Conduction.
b)
Convection.
c)
Radiation.
23.
The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
24.
In which direction do westerlies flow?
a)
from east to west
b)
from west to east
c)
from north to south
d)
from south to north
25.
Two belts of winds that blow almost constantly from easterly directions and are located on the equator toward sides of the subtropical highs.
a)
Doldrums
b)
Trade winds
c)
Polar jet stream
d)
Westerlies
26.
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)
land breeze
c)
westerlies
d)
jet stream
27.
What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?
a)
Land breeze - daytime
b)
Land breeze - nighttime
c)
Sea breeze - daytime
d)
Sea breeze - nighttime
28.
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
29.

At 60* N air is said to be ______ because of the ________ pressure.

a)

rising, low

b)

sinking, low

c)

rising, high

d)

sinking, high

30.

When global surface winds converge you get ___________ pressure.

a)

Low

b)

High

31.

The winds found between 0 and 30 degrees North are known as.....

a)

Tradewinds

b)

the southeast tradewinds

c)

polar easterlies

d)

prevailing westerlies

32.

Which would be most likely to occur at 30 degrees north?

a)

Polar Easterlies

b)

Prevailing Easterlies

c)

Prevailing Westerlies

d)

Trade Winds

33.

What would be most likely to occur at 0 degrees?

a)

Horse Latitudes

b)

Doldrums

c)

Trade Winds

d)

Calm Winds

34.

What would be most likely to occur at 90 degrees?

a)

Prevailing Westerlies

b)

Trade Winds

c)

Horse Latitudes

d)

Prevailing Easterlies

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