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has short wavelengths and can break chemical bonds
a) infrared radiation
b) visible light
c) ultraviolet light
d)

majority of sunlight in form of a mixture of all of the colors you see in a rainbow
a) infrared radiation
b) visible light
c) ultraviolet light
d)

transfer of thermal energy by contact of particles of matter
a) conduction
b) radiation
c) convection
d)

form of energy with wavelength longer than visible light and can be felt as heat
a) ultraviolet light
b) visible light
c) infrared radiation
d)

Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
a) convection
b) radiation
c) conduction
d) visible light

Temperature increases as altitude increases
a) convection
b) temperature inversion
c) radiation
d) infrared radiation

Sunlight enters the atmosphere is converted to infrared radiation and is trapped by gasses in air
a) visible light
b) greenhouse effect
c) radiation
d) convection

The ___________________________ helps protect Earth from too much ultraviolet radiation because this layer of the atmosphere contains ozone.
a) Mesosphere
b) Troposphere
c) Stratosphere
d)

As altitude in Earth increases, air pressure ___________________.
a) Decreases
b) Increases
c)
d)

The main layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in _______________________.
a) Precipitation
b) Termperature
c)
d)

The ___________________________layer protects Earth from getting hit by most meteoroids.
a) Troposphere
b) Mesosphere
c) Thermosphere
d)

____________________________ forms when lightning interacts with oxygen in the air.
a) Water Vapor
b) Ozone
c)
d)

_______________________ is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
a) Oxygen
b) Sulphur
c) Carbon
d) Nitrogen

transfer of thermal energy by movement of particles within matter
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d)

A lamp or the sun is an example of
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d)

frying an egg is an example of
a) radiation
b) conduciton
c) convection
d)

heating up soup is an example of
a) convection
b) conduction
c) radiation
d)

Acid rain:
a) forms when pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides react with water vapor in the air
b) has a pH of 7 and BELOW
c) all of the above
d) none of the above

An acid has a pH of:
a) 7 and below
b) 7 and above
c)
d)

What is an air pollutant?
a) sulfur dioxide
b) chlorine
c) sodium dioxide
d) carbon dioxide

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