Download Atmosphere Assessment

Atmosphere Assessment
Directions: Bubble the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.
1. Most weather occurs in which layer of the atmosphere?
a. Stratosphere
c. Mesosphere
b. Troposphere
d. Thermosphere
2. The ozone layer is located in which layer of the atmosphere?
a. Stratosphere
c. Mesosphere
b. Troposphere
d. Thermosphere
3. Which layer has the most mass due to the large amount of atmospheric gases?
a. Stratosphere
c. Mesosphere
b. Troposphere
d. Thermosphere
4. Which is the correct order of atmospheric layers beginning at the surface and increasing in altitude?
a. Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Troposphere, Thermosphere
b. Mesosphere, Troposphere, Thermosphere, Stratosphere
c. Troposphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere
d. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
5. What percent of all atmospheric gases can be found in the Troposphere?
a. 97 %
c. 3 %
b. 75 %
d. 45 %
6. Which gas is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
a. Nitrogen
c. Argon
b. Oxygen
d. Water Vapor
7. Which gas is the second most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
a. Nitrogen
c. Argon
b. Oxygen
d. Water Vapor
8. What is the atmosphere?
a. Layers of Nitrogen
b. Layers of Oxygen
c. a collection of gases surrounding Earth
d. Space
9. Why is the ozone layer important to life on Earth?
a. It protects Earth from the Sun’s harmful rays and keeps us warm at night
b. It provides oxygen to breathe.
c. It prevents aliens from entering our atmosphere
d. None of the above
10. What happens to air pressure in the atmosphere as you increase in altitude?
a. It decreases
c. It increases
b. It increases and then decreases d. It decreases and then increases
11. Wind in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the _____________ due to the Coriolis effect.
a. North
c. South
b. Left
d. Right
12. Wind in the Southern Hemisphere curve to the __________________ due to the Coriolis effect.
a. North
c. South
b. Left
d. Right
13. The Coriolis effect is caused by
a. The Earth being round
b. The spinning of Earth
c. unequal heating of land and water
d. wind
14. Global winds are created as a result of
a. The unequal heating of land and water
b. The unequal heating of Earth due to its spherical shape
c. The spinning of Earth
d. The atmosphere
15. Sea breezes and land breezes are created as a result of
a. The unequal heating of land and water
b. The unequal heating of Earth to its spherical shape
c. The spinning of Earth
d. The atmosphere
16. Wind ALWAYS travels from areas of ___________ pressure to areas of ___________ pressure.
a. High ; low
c. low; high
b. Cold; hot
d. hot; cold
17. ________________ wind always has a high pressure.
a. Sea breeze
c. global
b. Warm
d. cold
18. __________________ wind always has a low pressure.
a. Sea breeze
c. land breeze
b. Warm
d. cold
19. Which area on Earth would have the lowest pressure and why?
a. The north pole because cold air is less dense
c. the South pole because it is colder
b. The seafloor because it is deep
d. the equator because warm air is less dense
20. ______________________ is energy that is transferred through direct contact.
a. Radiation
c. Convection
b. Conduction
d. Heat
21. ___________________ is energy that is transferred directly from the Sun or through the travelling of waves.
a. Radiation
c. Convection
b. Conduction
d. Heat
22. _____________________ is energy transferred through the circulation of warm and cold air or water.
a. Radiation
c. Convection
b. Conduction
d. Heat
23. Which of the following is an example of heat being transferred by convection?
a. An egg frying in a pan
c. a hot sidewalk
b. The heat being turned on in your house d. sun tanning at the beach
24. Which of the following is an example of heat being transferred by radiation?
a. An egg frying in a pan
c. a hot sidewalk
b. The heat being turned on in your house d. warm socks when you take them off
25. Which of the following is an example of heat being transferred by conduction?
a. An egg frying in a pan
c. a hot sidewalk
b. The heat being turned on in your house d. sun tanning at the beach
26. Mercury’s surface temperature is high.
a. Conduction
c. Convection
b. Heat
d. Radiation
27. Global winds circulate around the planet.
a. Conduction
c. Convection
b. Heat
d. Radiation
28. Your hands are cold, so you put them in your pocket.
a. Conduction
c. Convection
b. Heat
d. Radiation
Use the diagram below to answer questions 29-32.
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29. What global wind type can be found in section I?
a. Polar easterlies
c. trade winds
b. Westerlies
d. doldrums
30. What global wind type can be found in section II?
a. Polar easterlies
c. trade winds
b. Westerlies
d. doldrums
31. What global wind type can be found in section III?
a. Westerlies
c. Polar Easterlies
b. Trade winds
d. doldrums
32. In which section can you find the global wind type that affects the United States?
a. Section II
c. Section I
b. Section III
d. Section IV
33. Narrow belts of high-speed winds that blow in the upper Troposphere are called
a. Sea breezes
c. Westerlies
b. Jet Streams
d. Trade Winds
34. Why are the winds that blow across the United States called the westerlies?
a. They blow towards the west
b. They blow from the north
c. They blow to the south
d. They blow from the west
Short answer: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
35. Look at the diagram below. Explain why there are plants and trees on one side of the mountain and
nothing but rocks and loose soil on the other side of the mountain. EXPLAIN THOROUGHLY!!
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36. Look at the diagrams below. Explain why there is a sea breeze during the day and a land breeze at
night. Be sure to mention the following: heating of land, high/low pressure, & temperature.
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BONUS!!!! (+5)
37. Explain why a windshield would be frozen over in the morning if it hasn’t snowed.
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