Chapter 22 Test Review
The Atmosphere
1. A _____ between Earth’s absorption
of solar energy and an increase in
temperature makes the _______ part of
a day in the ________.
• delay
• warmest
• afternoon
2. After Earth absorbs ______ rays that heat
the ground, thermal energy is _______ by
the atmosphere from the _________.
• infrared
• absorbed
• ground.
3. _______ is the fraction of solar
radiation reaching Earth that is
reflected.
• Albedo
4. Atmospheric pressure is
measured with a ________.
• barometer
5. Because of the _____ _____, an
object that travels north from the
equator will curve to the right.
• Coriolis
• Effect
6. _______ is the transfer of energy
as heat through a material.
• Conduction
7. ______ cells are the three
looping patterns of air flow that
exist in each hemisphere.
• Convection
8. _________ is the movement of
matter due to differences in density
caused by temperature variations.
• Convection
9. Dust, ____, and pollen are all
_______ in the atmosphere.
• salt
• particulates
10. Energy from the sun travels to
Earth as _______.
• radiation
11. Interactions between solar radiation
and the _____ cause ______.
• ionosphere
• auroras.
12. ____ breezes blow cool air
_____ _____ to water.
• Land
• from
• land
13. ____ winds are influenced by
local ____ and local temperature.
• Local
• conditions
14. One effect of air pollution is
_______ of the _____ ____.
• destruction
• ozone
• layer.
15. One harmful effect of
temperature _______ is _______.
• inversions
• smog
16. _______ winds that blow
through the middle of the United
States are called _________.
• Prevailing
• Westerlies
17. _____ radiation that is not
reflected back into the atmosphere
is _______ by surface materials.
• Solar
• absorbed
18. Temperature ______ can
intensify the effect of smog when
cool, polluted ground air is trapped
by warm air.
• inversions
19. The _______ is a mixture of____,
primarily nitrogen, oxygen, and argon,
that surrounds Earth.
• atmosphere
• gases
20. The ______ ____is the curving
of the path of a moving object from
an otherwise straight path due to
Earth’s ________.
• Coriolis Effect
• rotation
21. The electromagnetic ____ is all
of the frequencies or wavelengths
of __________ radiation.
• spectrum
• electromagnetic
22. The _____ is the coldest layer
of the atmosphere in which
temperature decreases as altitude
increases.
• mesosphere
23. The narrow bands of highspeed winds that blow in the upper
atmosphere are called _________.
• jet streams.
24. The solar radiation least absorbed
by the layers of the atmosphere before
reaching Earth is ______ ______.
• visible light
25. The _______ is the layer of the
atmosphere which contains the
______ layer.
• stratosphere
• ozone
26. The ______ is the uppermost layer
of the atmosphere ; includes the
ionosphere.
• thermosphere
27. The ____ winds of the Northern and
Southern Hemispheres meet at the
equator in a narrow zone of weak
variable winds called __________.
• trade
• doldrums.
28. The ______ is the lowest layer
of the atmosphere, where all
__________ conditions exist.
• troposphere
• weather
29. The two most abundant _______ in
the atmosphere are _____ ______ and
water vapor.
• compounds
• carbon dioxide
30. The warming of the surface and lower
atmosphere of Earth that occurs when
carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases
in the air trap heat near Earth’s surface is
known as the _________ _____.
• greenhouse effect
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