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Name __________________________________________________ Hour _________ Score ___________ Atmosphere Test Review Layer of the Atmosphere Fill in the following chart about the layers of the atmosphere. (4 pts!) Elevation Temperature What happens there (Miles or km) (°C or ºF) 1. The most abundant gas in the atmosphere is _____________________ and the second most abundant gas in the atmosphere is ________________________. 2. What is the greenhouse effect? __________________________________________________________ 3. Circle the gases that are greenhouse gases? CH₄ CO₂ O₂ N₂ H₂O vapor SO₂ N₂O Ar O₃ 4. Which way does the Coriolis Effect deflect winds in the northern hemisphere? __________________ 5. Which way does the Coriolis Effect deflect winds in the southern hemisphere? _________________ 6. What is the aurora borealis caused by? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What is the difference between weather and climate? _________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What are scientists who study of atmospheric conditions called? _____________________ 9. Which instrument measures temperature? _____________________ 10. Which instrument measures humidity? _____________________ 11. Which instrument measures wind speed? _____________________ 12. Which instrument measures air pressure? _____________________ 13. Which instrument measures precipitation? _____________________ 14. Which instrument measures wind direction? _____________________ 15. Can warm or cold air hold more water vapor? _____________________ 16. Why does air pressure decrease as you increase in elevation? (go up in the mountains) ____________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Describe the difference between humidity and relative humidity. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 18. What happens to most of the incoming solar radiation from the Sun? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 19. Describe how satellites are used to help meteorologists predict weather. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 20. If a storm is moving toward an observer, the wavelength of the Doppler radar will get __________________ and if the storm is moving away the wavelength will get ___________________. 21. Describe atmospheric convection. ________________________________________________________ 22. Describe atmospheric conduction. _______________________________________________________ 23. What does the ozone layer do? __________________________________________________________ 24. What causes the depletion of the ozone layer? ________________________________________ 25. Where is the “good” ozone layer found? _______________________________ 26. What does the “good” ozone layer do? ____________________________________________________ 27. Where is the “bad” ozone layer found? _______________________________ 28. What does the “bad” ozone layer do? _____________________________________________________ 29. Over which continent is depletion of the ozone happening? ________________________________ 30. Why is it bad if the ozone layer gets depleted more? _________________________________________ 31. What causes wind? ___________________________________________________________________ 32. What type of weather does a warm front produce? ________________________________________ 33. What type of weather does a cold front produce? __________________________________________ 34. What type of weather does an occluded front produce? ____________________________________ 35. What type of weather does a stationary front produce? _____________________________________ 36. Diagram and label the global winds.