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Chapter 18 - Earth's Atmosphere Vocabulary
Test Description: Earth's Atmosphere Vocabulary
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The lowest region of the atmosphere. Where we live and all whether takes place.
A
Mesosphere
B
Troposphere
C
Atmosphere
D
Stratosphere
2) The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
A
Stratosphere
B
Mesosphere
C
Atmosphere
D
Troposphere
3) The layer of the Earth's atmosphere above the troposphere. Where the ozone is located.
A
Stratosphere
B
Troposphere
C
Mesosphere
D
Atmosphere
4) The region of the Earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere.
A
Atmosphere
B
Mesosphere
C
Troposphere
D
Stratosphere
5) The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine wind, rain, etc.
A
Climate
B
Wind
C
Weather
D
Air mass
6) A current of air, especially a natural one that moves along or parallel to the ground, moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
A
Weather
B
Air Mass
C
Wind
D
Climate
7) A volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content. Covers many hundreds or thousands of square miles, and adapt to the characteristics of the surface below them.
A
Wind
B
Climate
C
Air mass
D
Weather
8) The boundary between two air masses that have different temperatures or humidity
A
Climate
B
Global warming
C
Weather
D
Front
9) The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period of time.
A
Climate
B
Front
C
Global warming
D
Weather
10) Term used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth's climate.
A
Weather
B
Front
C
Climate
D
Global warming
11) Scientists who study the atmosphere. They examine its effects on the environment, predict the weather, or investigate climate trends.
A
Meterologist
B
Astrologist
C
Archeologist
D
Paleotologist
12) Pufffy clouds that sometimes look like pieces of floating cotton.
A
Cirrus
B
Stratus
C
Cumulus
D
Nimbo-
13) Low-level cloud characterized by horizontal layering with a uniform base.
A
Cumulus
B
Nimbo-
C
Cirrus
D
Stratus
14) Thin, wispy clouds that usually from above 18,000 feet. These clouds are blown by strong westerly winds aloft into streamers known as mares tails.
A
Cirrus
B
Cumulus
C
Nimbo-
D
Stratus
15) Refers to a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet(UV) radiation.
A
Ozone
B
Atmosphere
C
Troposphere
D
Mesosphere
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