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ESS Unit 5 - Atmosphere and Oceans Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The envelope of gases surrounding a gravitation body is known as what?

a)

Sun

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Moon

d)

Ionoosphere

2.

What are the most common 2 elements in the atmosphere?

a)

Nitrogen and Argon

b)

Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide

c)

Oxygen and Hydrogen

d)

Nitrogen and Oxygen

3.

Of the following, which is LEAST present in the atmosphere?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Argon

c)

Oxygen

d)

Methane

4.

Weather occurs in which layer?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Ionosphere

c)

Troposphere

d)

Earthspere

5.

Which layer does good ozone exist?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Ionosphere

c)

Troposphere

d)

Earthspere

6.

What is another word for bad ozone?

a)

Photochemical smog

b)

Tropospheric Ozone

c)

Pollution

d)

All of the above

7.

Which layer has the highest atmospheric density?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Ionosphere

c)

Troposphere

d)

Earthspere

8.

Which layer has the highest atmospheric pressure?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Ionosphere

c)

Troposphere

d)

Earthspere

9.

Which of the following is not a temperature boundary?

a)

Mesopause

b)

Stratopause

c)

Tropopause

d)

Exopause

10.

Which layer is the hottest layer?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

11.

Which atmospheric layer do satellites orbit in?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Exosphere

d)

Thermosphere

12.

Where does the spaceship orbit?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Exosphere

d)

Thermosphere

13.

What is the scientific name of the spectacular display of a natural electrical phenomenon characterized boy beautiful colors in the ionosphere that is also protecting us?

a)

Aurora Borealis

b)

Dawn

c)

Lightning

d)

Sun

14.

The temperature at which water droplets begin to condense is known as what?

a)

sea level

b)

dew point

c)

low pressure

d)

rain

15.

Which layer do meteors typically burn up in?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Exosphere

d)

Thermosphere

16.

What height does the troposphere extend to?

a)

10 km

b)

14 km

c)

25 km

d)

30 km

17.

What height does the Stratosphere extend to?

a)

20 km

b)

24 km

c)

35 km

d)

50 km

18.

Which three layers contain the ionosphere?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Exosphere

d)

Thermosphere

19.

Which of the following reflect the sun's radiation? (more than one apply)

a)

Clouds

b)

Oceans

c)

Water Vapor

d)

Ice

20.

The temperature increases throughout which two of the following?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

21.

There temperature decreases throughout which two of the following?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

22.

In the image, which atmospheric layer is labeled as "X"?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Exosphere

d)

Thermosphere

23.

Which is not a name of an ocean?

a)

Southern

b)

Northern

c)

Pacific

d)

Atlantic

24.

What percentage of the planet is covered by water?

a)

10

b)

50

c)

70

d)

80

25.

What percentage of all water is fresh water like lakes, rivers, aquifers, glaciers, and ice caps?

a)

0.5

b)

3

c)

5

d)

10

26.

Which 4 elements are most abundant in the oceans?

a)

Oxygen, Hydrogen, Sodium, Chlorine

b)

Oxygen, Hydrogen, Magnesium, Chlorine

c)

Oxygen, Hydrogen, Water, Salt

d)

Oxygen, Hydrogen, Silica, Nitrogen

27.

Where does the energy come from to heat the ocean?

a)

Sun

b)

Natural Resources

c)

Moon

d)

Boats

28.

The ___ helps distribute heat around the globe.

a)

Oceans

b)

Boats

c)

Glaciers

d)

Fish

29.

What drives weather patterns and global climate?

a)

Surface Ocean Currents

b)

Deep Ocean Currents

c)

Earth's Rotation

d)

Politicians

30.

Circulating air is deflected towards the right in the Northern Hemisphere and left in the Southern Hemisphere because the Earth rotates on its axis, is also known as the what?

a)

Coriolis Effect

b)

Cornelius Effect

c)

Wind

d)

Land Breeze

31.

___ is the measure of the amount of dissolved salt in water. It is measured in ___.

a)

Salinity, ppm

b)

Salinity, ppt

c)

Aqua, ppm

d)

Liquid, ppt

32.

Deep ocean currents are driven by differences in ___ and___.

a)

Temperature and pressure

b)

Salinity and temperature

c)

Cold and hot

d)

Wet and dry

33.

Tides are caused by what force?

a)

Moon

b)

Sun

c)

Amount of fish

d)

Coastal Construction

34.

In the picture, which labeled area of the ocean has the lowest salinity?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

35.

In the picture, which labeled area of the ocean has the highest salinity?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

36.

How is the ocean most commonly polluted?

a)

It is not polluted

b)

Runoff

c)

Trash from boaters

d)

Fish excrement

37.

What causes warm water to rise and cold water to sink?

a)

Wind

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection Currents

d)

Algae

38.

The densest ocean water has a ___ temperature and a ___ salinity.

a)

low, high

b)

high, low

c)

low, low

d)

high, high

39.

Salinity is consistently ___ toward the equator and ___ in the poles?

a)

high, low

b)

low, high

c)

low, low

d)

high, high

40.

Which atmosphere layer does weather typically exist in?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Troposphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Exosphere

41.

What drives weather patters/wind?

a)

Wind

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection Currents

d)

Algae

42.

When hot air is rising, it is known as

a)

low pressure

b)

high pressure

c)

cool pressure

d)

warm pressure

43.

The boundary between two different temperature air masses is called a what?

a)

Front

b)

Low

c)

High

d)

Stationary

44.

Which type of front is produced when a cold front takes over a warm front?

a)

Stationary Front

b)

Cold Front

c)

Warm Front

d)

Occluded Front

45.

Which front is constantly being pushed above the other?

a)

Stationary Front

b)

Cold Front

c)

Warm Front

d)

Occluded Front

46.

Which type of front produces powerful storms and thunderstorms?

a)

Stationary Front

b)

Cold Front

c)

Warm Front

d)

Occluded Front

47.

___ are used to measure temperature and ___ are used to measure pressure.

a)

Barometer, wind vane

b)

Thermometer, Barometer

c)

Weather balloon, Anemometer

d)

Barometer, Thermometer

48.

When cool air is falling, it is known as what?

a)

low pressure

b)

high pressure

c)

cool pressure

d)

warm pressure

49.

Which type of front produces a stronger storm?

a)

Stationary Front

b)

Cold Front

c)

Warm Front

d)

Occluded Front

50.

What percent of the sun's radiation is reflected back to space?

a)

2%

b)

10%

c)

15%

d)

30-35%