Atmosphere Review
Question 1
How does sunlight change as it is absorbed?
It becomes sound
It becomes light.
It becomes matter.
It becomes heat.
Question 2
The planet Mercury has little atmosphere. At any given location, temperatures change daily from far below zero to above 100 degrees C. What is Mars lacking that would explain these extremes?
a greenhouse effect
an ozone layer in the upper atmosphere
living things that use gases
active geology that produces volcanoes
Question 3
What does the unequal heating of air masses cause?
atmospheric circulation
Coriolis effect
greenhouse effect
ozone depletion
Question 4
What is the apparent shift in the paths of winds due to the rotation of Earth called? A. convection current B. Coriolis effect C. doldrums D. greenhouse effect
Superman flying around the earth clockwise until the earth reverses its spin
Newtons 4th Law of Motion
Coriolis Effect
Global Wind Belts
Question 5
What is the name of the wind belt you live in?
Polar Easterlies
Prevailing Westerlies
Trade Winds
Storm from X Men
Question 6
The uneven heating of earth from the poles to the equator causes
greenhouse effect
Wind
fire volcano in the stratosphere
coriolis effect
Question 7
Which atmospheric layer do you live?
Stratosphere
Exosphere
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Question 8
In which layer do you find the Ozone layer?
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
Question 9
Which layer has the highest air pressure?
Stratosphere
Exosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Question 10
What is the main gas in our atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Helium
Oxygen
Argon
Question 11
Air and molecules move from
low pressure to high pressure
high pressure to low pressure
mountain to forest
Deweyville to Beetonville to Snowville and back again