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The Atmosphere ~ Chapter 11

Test Description: Questions on importance of the atmosphere, gases in the atmosphere, layers of the atmosphere, and energy in the atmosphere.

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) In which layer of EarthвЂ™s atmosphere does the temperature decrease as altitude increases?

Athermosphere Bstratosphere Cterrasphere Dmesosphere

2) In which layer of the atmosphere does the weather occur?

Astratosphere Bmesosphere Cthermosphere Dtroposphere

3) Which layer of the atmosphere has the highest temperatures?

Atroposphere Bmesosphere Cthermosphere Dstratosphere

4) What happens to the temperature in the mesosphere as the altitude increases?

AAs altitude increases, the temperature decreases. BThere is no relationship between altitude and temperature. CAs altitude increases, the temperature remains the same. DAs altitude increases, the temperature increases.

5) Which of the following is true about air pressure in the atmosphere?

AAir pressure goes up and down with changes in temperature. BAir pressure increases as you travel up through the layers of the atmosphere. CAir pressure does not change with changes in altitude. DAir pressure decreases as you travel up through the layers of the atmosphere.

6) What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

Anitrogen Bcarbon dioxide Cozone Doxygen

7) What happens to water vapor when it cools and rises?

AIt becomes run-off. BIt travels back to Earth as icy precipitation. CIt continues to travel upward into the stratosphere. DIt condenses to form clouds.

8) Plants release water vapor into the atmosphere in a process called

Agroundwater flow. Btranspiration. Ccondensation. Dprecipitation.

9) Sea breezes occur during the day because

Aland is cooler than the water. Bwater heats up more slowly than the land. Cwinds blow from the land toward the sea. Dwater heats up more quickly than the land.

10) The uneven heating of the Earth creates large convection currents. These convection currents are responsible for all of the following except...

Asurface ocean currents. Bglobal winds. Cprecipitation. Dmovement of weather systems.

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