Atmosphere & Weather Factors Practice Test
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This is a practice for your test on Friday. This will give you an idea about how much you need to study.
- 1.Earth's atmosphere is mainly heated by what type of electromagnetic wave?
- A.
Gamma Radiation
- B.
Ultraviolet Radiation
- C.
Infrared Radiation
- D.
Visible Light
- 2.What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
- A.
Oxygen
- B.
Nitrogen
- C.
Carbon Dioxide
- D.
Water Vapor
- 3.Which phrase best describes thermal energy?
- A.
The total energy of molecules
- B.
The average energy of molecules
- C.
The same thing as temperature
- D.
How hot something is
- 4.If you feel rain falling on you, what layer of the atmosphere must you be in?
- A.
Thermosphere
- B.
Mesosphere
- C.
Troposphere
- D.
Stratosphere
- 5.If water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, what temperature does it freeze at on the Celsius scale? (Use C = (5/9)(F-32)
- A.
20 degrees
- B.
64 degrees
- C.
-3 degrees
- D.
0 degrees
- 6.Which of the following is an example of heat transfer by radiation?
- A.
A pan sitting on a hot burner
- B.
The Sun heating the Earth
- C.
Hot air lifting a balloon off the ground
- D.
None of the above
- 7.Which of the following is an example of heat transfer by conduction?
- A.
A pan sitting on a hot burner
- B.
The Sun heating the Earth
- C.
Hot air lifting a balloon off the ground
- D.
None of the above
- 8.Which of the following is an example of heat transfer by convection?
- A.
A pan sitting on a hot burner
- B.
The Sun heating the Earth
- C.
Hot air lifting a balloon off the ground
- D.
None of the above
- 9.Why is the ozone layer beneficial to humans?
- A.
It gets rid of harmful gases like carbon dioxide.
- B.
It provides a form of oxygen with three atoms that helps us breathe better.
- C.
It increases the greenhouse effect so we can grow plants.
- D.
It filters out incoming ultraviolet radiation.
- 10.The process by which the atmosphere traps heat is called what?
- A.
The greenhouse effect
- B.
Conduction
- C.
The Coriolis Effect
- D.
Convection
- 11.Which of the following does NOT play a role in the formation of winds?
- A.
Unequal heating of the Earth by the Sun
- B.
Unequal amounts of precipitation
- C.
Differences in air pressure
- D.
All of the above play a role in the formation of winds.
- 12.
- A.
Warm air is more dense than cool air, so it rises.
- B.
Cool air is less dense than warm air, so it rises.
- C.
Warm air is less dense than cool air, so it sinks.
- D.
Cool air is more dense than warm air, so it sinks.
- 13.
- A.
Land heats faster than water.
- B.
Land heats slower than water.
- C.
Land cools faster than water.
- D.
Land cools slower than water.
- 14.Which sentence best describes how sleet is formed?
- A.
Sleet starts off as rain and then freezes on the way to Earth.
- B.
Sleet falls to the Earth as rain, then freezes on a cold surface.
- C.
Sleet freezes in a cloud then falls as a ball of ice.
- D.
Sleet forms when water vapor condenses directly into ice crystals.
- 15.What term is used to describe how Earth's rotation seems to make global winds curve?
- A.
Greenhouse effect
- B.
Humidity
- C.
Psychrometer syndrome
- D.
Coriolis effect
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