Earth and Space Science Ch 11

Which gas is least abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?

T/F: Air pressure is greater at the top of a mountain than at lower elevations.

____ can act as a lid or trap, thus worsening air-pollution problems.

Which is most likely to cause orographic lifting?

__________ is the temperature at which condensation of water vapor can occur.

What is the outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere?

When cloud droplets combine to form larger drops, they fall to Earth as

T/F: The density of air increases as altitude decreases.

Almost all weather, clouds, and storms occur in which layer of the atmosphere?

Which is NOT a form of thermal energy transfer?

In which layer of the atmosphere does the temperature increase with altitude?

T/F: Particles that have high kinetic energy move slower than particles with low kinetic energy

Ozone in the Earth's atmosphere is important because __________

Solid particles in the atmosphere include salt and

T/F: Thermal energy is the total energy of particles due to their random motion.

Ozone in Earth’s atmosphere is important because it

How can the Celsius scale be converted to the Kelvin scale?

The energy that drives the water cycle comes from the

__________ is the amount of water vapor present in the air.

Earth’s atmosphere contains more ____ than any other substance.

Which is NOT true of ozone?

Which gas has increased in concentration over the last 150 years?

When the temperature in the atmosphere reaches the ____, condensation occurs.

Which is a cloud of vertical development?

Which are considered permanent gases in the Earth's atmosphere, gases that are fairly constant.

Condensation nuclei are particles of atmospheric dust around which

The constant movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth’s surface is

Which is NOT one of the layers of the atmosphere?

Which mechanical process is causing the air to rise?

Condensation nuclei are particles of atmospheric dust around which ____.

Water vapor in the atmosphere is the source of

In orographic lifting, clouds form when moist winds ____.

As water vapor rises, it cools and changes into cloud droplets. This process is called _______.

If a pot of water were heated from the top it would ________.

What is the amount of water vapor present in the air?

T/F: Wind is the movement of air from an area of low pressure to an area of high pressure.

Cloud droplets collide to form larger droplets in a process called ____.

Which of the following is a component of the atmosphere which changes very little?

What color would be best for a home designed to absorb energy?

Which layer of the atmosphere contains most of the mass in the entire Earth's atmosphere?

Wind speed on Earth is reduced by which?

Which process take up latent heat?

_______ occurs when the amount of water vapor in a volume of air has reached 100% for its temp.

T/F: A combination of many liquids makes up Earth’s atmosphere.

T/F: In the troposphere, as air temperature increases, generally air pressure increases, too.

Which temperature is coldest?

The energy that drives the water cycle comes from the _______?

T/F: Both temperature and pressure generally decrease with height in the troposphere.

In the mesosphere, meteors burn up because of __________.

T/F: Air is denser near Earth’s surface than high in the atmosphere.

Most of Earth’s atmosphere is composed of

Where would you expect to find the strongest wind?

What type of precipitation occurs as rain droplets move through freezing and nonfreezing air?

T/F: A temperature inversion is a decrease in temperature with height in the atmosphere.

What is the constant movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth’s surface?

Which is the primary cause of wind?

An air mass that has high ____ resists rising.

The process of water changing from a liquid to a gas is

T/F: The source of rain, clouds, and snow is ozone.

The amount of energy the atmosphere absorbs depends in part on its level of

What is the Celsius scale based on?

Cloud droplets collide to form larger droplets in a process called

T/F: Particles of air in the atmosphere exert pressure on Earth’s surface.