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Atmosphere: Climate
Test Description: End of Year Review
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1) The atmosphere helps keep Earth warm through which process?
A
Coriolis effect
B
Cause and effect
C
Greenhouse effect
D
Conduction effect
2) What is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere?
A
Oxygen
B
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
C
Methane
D
Water Vapor
3) What is the difference between Ozone and atmospheric oxygen
A
ozone is O2, atmospheric oxygen is O3
B
ozone is ok to breathe
C
ozone is a better form of O2
D
ozone is O3, atmospheric oxygen is O2
4) How many oxygen atoms are in ozone?
A
2
B
4
C
3
D
1
5) Which answer shows the layers of the atmosphere in the correct order starting at the earth’s surface?
A
troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere
B
mesosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere
C
mesosphere, thermosphere, troposphere, stratosphere
D
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
6) What layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer located?
A
Stratosphere
B
Troposphere
C
Asthenosphere
D
Lithosphere
7) What increases the presence of ozone at Earth’s surface?
A
When sunlight evaporates a lot of water
B
When two oxygen atoms bond
C
When ozone sinks down from the stratosphere
D
Oxides (NOx and VOC) react with sunlight
8) Why is it important for ozone to be high in the atmosphere
A
It blocks sunlight
B
It blocks the most harmful UV rays
C
It blocks clouds from leaving the atmosphere
D
It blocks all the UV rays
9) Why is ozone at the Earth’s surface bad?
A
It changes the boiling point of water
B
It changes the surface air pressure
C
It can affect electronic devices
D
It is harmful to breathe
10) Who is most likely to experience negative side effects from breathing ozone?
A
People who live near the ocean
B
People who are young and people who are old
C
People who live near the equator
D
People who live at sea level
11) Where do animals get the carbon found in their bodies?
A
from vitamins and minerals
B
from exhaling
C
from the soil
D
from eating food
12) How does more CO2 in the atmosphere affect Earth?
A
It decreases the amount of water vapor in the air
B
It makes it rain more
C
It raises Earth's temperature
D
It lowers Earth's temperature
13) How is climate different from weather?
A
Weather is a measure of temperature and rainfall patterns.
B
Climate is what happens on a day-to-day basis.
C
Climate is defined by long-term weather patterns.
D
Weather is defined by long-term climate patterns.
14) If you collect data on March 9 for air temperature, humidity, cloud cover and air pressure, what are you measuring?
A
weather
B
soil type
C
climate
D
radiation
15) What will increased fossil fuel use by people result in?
A
Increasing amounts of ecosystem change
B
Increasingly hot weather
C
Increased use of fossil fuel by underdeveloped countries
D
Increasing amounts of water vapor
16) What produces Milankovitch cycles?
A
gravitational changes based on the position of the Sun and moon
B
Wind patterns that result in desert and rainforest conditions
C
sunspots and solar flares on the Sun’s surface
D
changes in Earth’s orbit and the orientation of the poles
17) Ice core samples from glaciers and the ice caps contain bubbles of ancient atmospheres that are in layers based on age. What specifically are scientist trying to learn about?
A
How the amount of water vapor needed to make the ice has changed.
B
How the amount of ice in each layer has changed over time.
C
How the amount of carbon dioxide has changed over time.
D
How the amount of ozone has changed over time.
18) What do increasingly thicker tree rings indicate?
A
The climate has become drier
B
The climate has become wetter
C
The climate has stayed the same
D
The climate has become warmer
19) How is temperature affected immediately following a volcanic eruption?
A
The temperature does not change.
B
The temperature decreases for a few (1-2) years.
C
The temperature rises.
D
The temperature keeps decreases forever.
20) How does adding more CO2 into the atmosphere affect the oceans?
A
It makes it more acidic
B
It makes it less acidic
C
It makes it colder
D
It makes it saltier
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