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of the Atmosphere
In the space provided. write the letter of the desuiption that best matches the
term or phrase.
a. the layer of the atmosphere in which
temperature increases as altitude
increases; contains the ozone layer
1. atmosphere
2. troposphere
b. the coldest layer of the atmosphere in
which temperature decreases as
altitude increases
3. stratosphere
4. mesosphere
c. the lowest layer of the atmosphere, in
which temperature drops at a constant
rate as altitude increases; the level
where all weather conditions exist
5. thermosphere
d. the uppermost layer of the atmosphere;
includes the ionosphere
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e. a mixture of gases, primarily nitrogen,
oxygen, and argon, that surrounds Earth
Main idea
Details
In the space provided. write the letter of the answer choice that best completes
each statement or best answers each questlon.
6. Atmospheric pressure is measured with a(n)
a. altimeter.
c. scale .
b. barometer.
d. thermometer.
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7. Which of the following is an effect of air pollution?
a. chlorofluorocarbons
c. pollen distribution
b. volcanic ash dispersal
d. destruction of the ozone layer
O. Which of the following uses the bending sides of a sealed metal
container to measure atmospheric pressure?
a. ionosphere
c. thermometer
b. mercurial barometer
d. aneroid barometer
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9. One harmful effect of temperature inversions is
a. hydrocarbons.
c. smog.
b. global warming.
d. the greenhouse effect.
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10. The two most abundant compounds in the atmosphere are carbon
dioxide and
a. particulates.
c. water vapor.
b. ozone.
d. nitrogen oxide.
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write the letter of the definition
1. electromagnetic
spectrum
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effect
4. conduction
the term
b. all of the frequencies or wavelengths
electromagnetic
radiation
In the space provided. write the letter of the definition
or phrase.
2. trade winds
4. polar easterlies
of matter due to differences in
density caused by temperature
variations
5. convection
d. prevailing winds that blow from west
of energy as heat through
to east between 30° and 60° latitude
in both hemispheres
7. The solar radiation least absorbed
before reaching Earth is
a. visible light.
b. radio waves.
8. After Earth absorbs infrared
energy does the atmosphere
a. albedo
b. thermal
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6. The narrow bands of high-speed
sphere are called
a. trade winds.
b. convection cells.
by the layers of the atmosphere
c. X rays.
d. ultraviolet
7. Local winds are influenced
a. season.
b. air quality.
rays.
rays that heat the ground, what kind of
absorb from the ground?
c. solar
d. mirage
8. Winds that extend
a. gales.
b. storms.
winds that blow in the upper
atmo-
c. horse latitudes.
d. jet streams.
by local conditions and local
c. temperature.
d. time zone.
over distances
of less than 100 Ian are
c. light air.
d. breezes.
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9. The trade winds of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
meet at
the equator in a narrow zone of weak variable winds called
a. the doldrums.
c. subtropical jet streams.
b. the wind belt.
d. prevailing winds.
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10. What kind of wind blows cool air from land to water?
c. land breeze
a. sea breeze
d. valley breeze
b. mountain breeze
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choice that best completes
rays.
10. Average temperatures
are lower near the poles because
strikes the ground at an angle
a. greater than 90%.
c. of90%.
b. smaller than 90%.
d. of 180%.
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to west between 60° and 90° latitude
in both hemispheres
In the space provided, write the letter of the answer
each statement or best answers each question.
9. A delay between Earth's absorption of solar energy and an increase
temperature
makes the warmest part of a day
a. morning.
c. afternoon.
b. noon.
d. evening.
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e. prevailing winds that blow from east
choice that best completes
6. Energy from the sun travels to Earth as
a. visible light.
c. ultraviolet
b. infrared rays.
d. radiation.
the term
of air flow
that exist in each hemisphere
off the surface of an object
In the space provided. write the letter of the answer
each statement or best answers each question.
that best matches
c. the three looping patterns
cells
e. the fraction of solar radiation that is
reflected
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b. the curving of the path of a moving
object from an otherwise
straight
path due to Earth's rotation
3. westerlies
of
a material
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a. prevailing winds that blow from
east to west from 30° latitude to the
equator in both hemispheres
1. Coriolis effect
c. movement
d. the transfer
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of the surface and lower
atmosphere of Earth that occurs when
carbon dioxide and water vapor in the air
absorb and reradiate infrared radiation
5. convection
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a. the wanning
2. albedo
3. greenhouse
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14. All radiant energy reaches earth as a form of
a. light waves.
b. sound waves.
c. electromagnetic
waves.
d. ultraviolet waves.
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15. Solar energy warms Earth when radiation
a. reflected.
b. refracted.
c. scattered.
d. absorbed.
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16. Which of the following affects local wind patterns?
a. trade winds
b. local temperature variations
c. solar storms
d. season changes
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17. The gas that makes up most of Earth's atmosphere
a. oxygen.
b. argon.
c. nitrogen.
d. ozone.
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11. The atmosphere is a mixture of gases that surround Earth. Which of
the following is NOT a gaseous component of the atmosphere?
a. carbon dioxide
c. particulates
b. argon
d. nitrogen
18. All of the following are particulates
a. carbon dioxide.
b. salt particles.
c. volcanic ash.
d. pollen.
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12. Atmospheric pressure presses on the liquid mercury in a well of this
instrument, TIle mercury rises in a tube as the atmospheric pressure
rises. What is this instrument?
a. mercurial barometer
C. aneroid
barometer
d. thermometer
b. altimeter
19. The atmospheric layer that is closest to Earth and is where all weather
conditions exist is the
a. troposphere.
c. stratosphere.
b. mesosphere.
d. thermosphere.
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20. The main source of air pollution
a. the nitrogen cycle.
b. temperature inversions.
c. smog.
d. the bunting of fossil fuels.
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2. radiation
3. conduction
that best matches the
a. all forms of energy that travel through
as waves
space
b. prevailing winds that blow from west to east
between 30" and 60" latitude in both hemispheres
5. Coriolis effect
c. the curving of the path of a moving object
from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's
rotation
6. global winds
d. troposophere;
thermosphere
7. trade winds
e. polar easterlies meet warm air from the
4. convection
westerlies,
8. westerlies
9. polar easterlies
10. front
stratosphere;
mesosphere;
creating a stormy area
f. the transfer of energy as heat through
a material
g. prevailing winds that blow from east to
west between 60" and 90" latitude in both
hemispheres
h. prevailing winds that blow from 30" to
0" latitude in both hemispheres
i, looping patterns of air flow, called convection
cells, that move from the poles to the equator
j. the movement of matter due to differences in
density that are caused by temperature variations; can result in the transfer of energy as heat
In the space provided, write the letter of the answer choice that best completes
each statement
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13. Changes in atmospheric pressure cause the sides of this instrument
to bend inward or outward. Changes are measured on a scale. What is
this instrument?
a. mercurial barometer
b. altimeter
c. aneroid barometer
d. thennometer
1. layers of the
atmosphere
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term or phrase.
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1. all of the frequencies
or wavelengths
of electromagnetic
radiation
5. the fraction of solar radiation that is reflected off the surface of an object
6. prevailing winds that blow from west to east between 30° and 60° latitude in both hemispheres
7. the layer of the atmosphere that lies between the troposphere
increases as altitude increases
and the mesosphere
and in which temperature
9. a narrow band of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere
11. the movement of matter due to differences
in the transfer of energy as heat
in density that are caused by temperature variations; can result
13.
revailing winds that blow from east to west from 30° latitude
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prevailing winds that blow from east
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2. the cUNing of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due
to the Earth's rolation
3. a gas molecule that is made up of three oxygen atoms
4. the uppermost layer of the atmosphere, in which 1emperature increases as altitude increases; includes
the ionosphere
5. the force per unit area that is exerted on a surface by the weight of the at-mosphere
8. a mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon
1o. the transfer of energy as heat through a material
12. the lowest layer of the atmosphere, in which 1emperature drops at a constant rate as altitude increases
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