WorksheetsAir and Atmosphere
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 43mins
Which of the following is not a major contributor to the greenhouse effect?
The Clean Air Act- regulates vehicle emissions.
true
false
Which of the following government agencies is responsible for the Clean Air Act?
the USGS
the USDA
the EPA
the USDOJ
What is the major cause for air pollution?
deforestation
oil spills
transportation
cigarretes
When winds in the Western Pacific Ocean strengthen and push warm water eastward
La Nina
Trade Winds
El Nino
Westerlies
The trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface
Greenhouse Gases
Greenhouse Effect
Ozone Layer
Global Warming
Where is the Ozone Layer found in our atmosphere?
Troposphere (lower portion)
Stratosphere (upper portion)
Which of the following terms is used to describe a large mass of ice that formed on land and moves across the Earth's surface?
glacier
Antarctica
the Arctic
morain
Which term is used to describe when a glacier breaks off into the ocean?
calving
splitting
moraining
sheeting
What is currently happening to most glaciers on our planet?
reducing in size
increasing in size
remaining the same size
What information can you get from an ice core?
levels of carbon dioxide and how they change over time
exact dates of climate change from millions of years ago
fossils of wooly mammoths
what it was like to live there millions of years ago
What is the most important determining factor of climate?
Latitude
Global atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns
Topography
Solar and volcanic activity
