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WorksheetsAtmosphere and Climate Booklet Test
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
How does Earth's atmosphere make life o this planet possible?
It provides everything needed for living things to survive.
It provides air and protects us from oxygen and sunlight.
It provides air and protects us from the Sun's harmful rays.
It provides precipitations in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is the atmosphere made of?
Mostly oxygen and carbon dioxide, with smaller amounts of other gases.
Mostly nitrogen and oxygen, with smaller amounts of other gasses.
It provides air and protects us from the Sun's harmful rays.
It provides precipitation in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
Read this sentence: Gravity pulls a blanket of gas molecules down toward Earth, creating high _____ near the surface. Which term belongs in the blank?
Ozone
the greenhouse effect
solar radiation
air pressure
Which statement about layers of the atmosphere is NOT true?
The troposphere is higher above Earth's surface than the exosphere.
The stratosphere is higher above Earth's surface than the troposphere.
Weather happens in the troposphere.
The stratosphere protects Earth from ultraviolet rays.
Which of the following items involve molecules that get warmer and cooler?
Wind
The water Cycle
Both A and B
Neither A nor B
What would most likely happen if Earth's atmosphere did not act like a greenhouse?
The heat Earth receives from the sun would be lost into space, and Earth would get much colder.
The heat Earth receives from the Sun would be trapped near the surface, and Earth would get much hotter.
Some places on Earth would get colder, and other places would get hotter.
Nothing would be different than it is now.
If Spain almost always has clear, hot summers and cloudy, cold winters, which statement is most likely true?
Spain is in a tropical climate zone.
Spain is in a temperate climate zone.
Spain has a tropical climate in summer and a polar climate in winter.
Spain's weather includes hot and cold climates.
Today's lunch is related to your overall diet in the same way that today's weather is related to ____________.
Precipitation
Atmosphere
Climate
the water cycle
Which of these climate types is identified by its small amount of precipitation?
Rainforest
Temperate Forest
Humid Subtropical
Arid Desert
Choose the correct terms to best fill in the blanks. Burning fuels such as coal and oil gives off ___1____ and increases the amount of ____2___ that the atmosphere traps. These changes may help explain what is causing ___3____.
1:molecules
2: light
3: weather
1: Gases
2: heat
3: global warming
1 Heat
2: Temperature
3. the Greenhouse Effect
1: Carbon Dioxide
2: Climate
3: Climate Change
What are some events observed by scientists that seem to be related to global warming?
Many glaciers have partly or completely melted.
Some areas that used to have good soil for farming no longer do.
More strong storms have occurred in recent years.
All of the above
Use the diagram to answer the question: What is the purpose of this diagram?
To explain the difference between the five layers of Earth's atmosphere.
To demonstrate hw solar radiation gets trapped in the atmosphere as part of the greenhouse effect.
To compare the atmosphere of Earth with the atmosphere of the Sun.
To show that air pressure is stronger near Earth's surface and weaker high in the atmosphere.
Why does one pair of arrows point back toward Earth and another pair of arrows point out into space?
Some heat is trapped in Earth's atmosphere, and some heat escapes into space.
Two types of gases return to Earth's surface, and two types of gases escape into space.
The Sun heats Earth, and Earth heats the Sun.
All of the above.
Use the graph to answer the question: If Scientists studied this graph, why might they draw the conclusion that changes in greenhouse gases are causing global warming?
As CO2 levels have increased, global temperatures have decreased.
As CO2 levels have decreased, global temperatures have increased.
As CO2 levels have increased, global temperatures have also increased.
As CO2 levels have decreased, global temperatures have also decreased.
