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The Atmosphere

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following identifies the layers of the atmosphere in correct order, beginning with the lowest layer?

a)

mesosphere, thermosphere, stratosphere, troposphere

b)

thermosphere, stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere,

c)

troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere

d)

troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, stratosphere

2.

A boundary along which a mass of warm, moist air replaces cool dry air

a)

air front

b)

cold front

c)

warm front

d)

convection front

3.

Carbon-containing fuels that formed from the remains of living things

a)

fossil fuels

b)

emissions

c)

soot

d)

smog

4.

What type of heat transfer is this?

a)

radiation

b)

convection

c)

conduction

d)

inversion

5.

Which f the following is not a primary pollutant?

a)

particulate matter

b)

lead

c)

carbon monoxide

d)

sulfuric acid

6.

Acid deposition is caused mainly by

a)

dust storms

b)

volcanoes

c)

burning fossil fuels

d)

ozone

7.

A scrubber is a device that

a)

prevents temperature inversions.

b)

removes pollutants and changes them chemically before they are released by factories.

c)

removes lead from gasoline.

8.

The main chemicals responsible for the ozone hole

a)

sulfuric acids

b)

nitric acid

c)

chlorofluorocarbons

9.

The force exerted by air on an area below it is called

a)

cold front

b)

warm front

c)

air pressure

d)

air mass

10.

The atmospheric layer with oxygen

a)

thermosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

stratosphere

11.

Haze formed when sunlight acts on air pollutants

a)

industrial smog

b)

chemical smog

c)

photochemical smog

d)

fossil fuel smog

12.

Binds to the hemoglobin and deprives the body of oxygen

a)

carbon monoxide

b)

mercury

c)

lead

13.

International treaty that reduced in the manufacture of CFCs

a)

Clean Water Act

b)

Clean Air Act

c)

Montreal Protocol

d)

Environmental Protection Agency

14.

Area of lowered ozone concentration over Antartica that occurs every year from August to October.

a)

Aurora borealis

b)

emission hole

c)

ozone hole

15.

A device that in motor vehicles that reduces the amount of air pollutants in emissions.

a)

scrubbers

b)

exhaust

c)

catalytic converter

16.

Law enacted to protect and improve the quality of air in order to safeguard human health and environment in 1963

a)

Environmental Protection Agency

b)

The Clean Water Act

c)

The Clean Air Act