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Paterson Earth Science: Atmosphere
Paterson Earth Science: Atmosphere
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1
What side of the mountain gets more rain?
Top
Leeward
Windward
2
What caused the hole in the ozone layer?
Sunlight
Carbon dioxide
Greenhouse gases
CFC's
3
Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
Troposphere
Mesophere
Stratosphere
Exosphere
4
What type of clouds are these?
Stratus
Cumulus
Nimbus
Cirrus
5
As air cools it's capacity to hold water
doesn't change
increases
fluctuates
decreases
6
How do greenhouse gases work?
Trap outgoing radiation
React with other elements to produce heat
Radioactive decay that produces heat
Trap incoming solar radiation
7
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?
water vapour
Carbon dioxide
methane
hydrogen
8
What is the correct statement about average rainfall around the world?
No rain at the equator and 30
Lots of rain at the equator and the poles
Lots of rain at the equator and 30
Lots of rain at the equator and 60
9
Which of the following does NOT make smog worse?
Hot days
Lots of cars
Deforestation
Temperature inversion
10
What causes continental winds/monsoons in the summer?
Land warms up slower than water, so wind blows towards land
land warms up slower than water, so wind blows towards water
land warms up faster than water, so wind blows towards water
land warms up faster than water, so wind blows towards land
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Air/wind flows...
from areas of low pressure to low pressure
from areas of low pressure to high pressure
from areas of high pressure to low pressure
from areas of high pressure to high pressure
12
Why is there so much rain at 60 degrees latitude?
Ocean currents
convergence of air masses coming from the poles and 30 deg
Lots of mountains
Air warms and rises
13
What is the layer of atmosphere touching the surface?
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
14
What is a consequence of acid rain?
All of the above
damaging statues
Wrecking soil/forests
Killing fish
15
The surface of the Earth heating the air directly above it is an example of...
radiation
ion transfer
convection
conduction
16
Which of the following is NOT a way humans emit greenhouse gases?
Burning trees
They all do
Raising cattle (cows)
Burning fossil fuels
17
How do clouds form?
Warm air rises and cools/condenses
Warm air rises and warms/condenses
Warm air sinks and condenses
Cool air sinks and condenses
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Warm air rising and cool air sinking is an example of...
radiation
convection
heat
conduction
19
What is the correct match? (there may be more than 1 correct)
High pressure=warm and moist
low pressure = warm and moist
low pressure= cool and dry
high pressure = cool and dry
20
What causes wind moving from the poles to the equator to deflect west?
Spinning Earth
Other winds
pressure differences
temperature differences
21
What type of clouds are these?
Nimbus
Cumulus
Cirrus
Stratus
22
What is relative humidity
The amount of water the atmosphere can hold
How full/saturated the atmosphere is (as a percent)
The total amount of water in the atmosphere
The amount of water that can still be absorbed
23
What type of clouds are these?
Stratus
Cumulus
Cirrus
Nimbus
24
Which of the following is NOT a way clouds form?
Warm air rising and cooling/condensing
Someone doing a rain dance
Air travelling over mountains
2 air masses converging
25
Which gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Argon
