Duplicate of Earth Science Atmosphere Around Us

Question 1

What are the layers of the Earth, in the correct order starting at sea level?

Accepted Answer

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere

Question 2

_________ is the day to day change that takes place in the troposphere.

Accepted Answer

Weather

Question 3

Cold, dry air is associated with what type of air mass?

Accepted Answer

Continental polar

Question 4

How is the atmosphere warmed?

Accepted Answer

By the ground, which receives energy from the sun

Question 5

Which of the gases below makes up the smallest amount of our atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Methane

Question 6

____________ winds carry weather systems across the US

Accepted Answer

Westerlies

Question 7

What kind of front is pictured?

Accepted Answer

Cold front

Question 8

The eye is ______________.

Accepted Answer

the center of a hurricane

Question 9

What is climate?

Accepted Answer

The average weather of an area

Question 10

The image below shows what kind of front?

Accepted Answer

Cold

Question 11

The ________________ is the change in the path of any object traveling above Earth's surface.

Accepted Answer

Coriolis Effect

Question 12

What are isobars?

Accepted Answer

Closed curves on a weather map that show equal pressure

Question 13

Winds in the Northern Hemisphere veer ____ and spin in a ________ direction toward low pressure

Accepted Answer

right, counterclockwise

Question 14

____________ forms when water vapor condenses on a frozen surface

Accepted Answer

Frost

Question 15

A movement of ocean air toward land is a _______________.

Accepted Answer

sea breeze

Question 16

A __________ front brings rain and temperature change very little afterward.

Accepted Answer

Stationary

Question 17

Carbon dioxide is an example of a(n)

Accepted Answer

Greenhouse gas

Question 18

Until life formed, _______ was not an important gas.

Accepted Answer

Oxygen

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