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Weathering And Climate Game 1
Test Description: Water cycle and atmosphere
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which answer best describes earths atmosphere?
A
mostly nitrogen with about 21% carbon dioxide
B
mostly carbon dioxide with about 21% oxygen
C
mostly oxygen with about 21% nitrogen
D
mostly nitrogen with about 21% oxygen
2) What causes differences in air temperatures at different altitudes?
A
mainly the way moisture moves through the atmosphere
B
mainly the way gases absorb solar energy
C
mainly the way gases radiate light
D
mainly the way air radiates solar energy
3) What are the two highest layers of the atmosphere?
A
troposphere, stratosphere
B
stratosphere, thermosphere
C
thermosphere, mesosphere
D
trosphere, mesosphere
4) Auroras are caused by electrically charged particles in the
A
hemisphere
B
ionosphere
C
troposphere
D
mesophere
5) How much energy radiated by the sun reaches Earth?
A
about 50%
B
about 80%
C
about two-billionths
D
about one one-hundredth
6) Energy transfered as electromagnetic waves is called
A
thermal conduction
B
radiation
C
convection current
D
convection
7) Energy transferred as electromagnetic waves is called
A
convection
B
radiation
C
thermal conduction
D
convection current
8) Thermal energy transferred by circulation of a liquid or gas is called
A
thermal conduction
B
convection
C
radiation
D
convection current
9) The process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb thermal energy and radiate it back to earth is called
A
the greenhouse effect
B
the thermal effect
C
radiation balance
D
global warming
10) When the amount of energy received from the sun and the amount of energy returned to space are about equal, it is called
A
seasonal equality
B
global warming
C
radiation balance
D
solar reradiation
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