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Ar in the ______ is warmed by heat from the Earth's surface.
a) troposphere
b) exosphere
c) stratosphere
d) thermosphere

The transfer of heat by the flow of a heated material such as water or air is known as ____.
a) radiation
b) conduction
c) convection
d) weather

The _____ is caused by Earth's rotation.
a) Coriolis Effect
b) jet stream
c) doldrums
d) trade winds

The rising and sinking of different material in a convection current is due to changes in the material's _____.
a) density
b) winds
c) moisture
d) humidity

When cool dense air from over the water flows onto land, it's called a ____.
a) land breeze
b) polar easterly
c) jet stream
d) sea breeze

If the ozone layer disappeared, life on Earth would be exposed to ____ concentrations of UV rays.
a) lower
b) higher
c) no change
d) none of the above

Winds are named from the direction where they are coming from. Therefore, the east trade winds come from the ______.
a) north
b) south
c) east
d) west

The following words are all types of _____. Doldrums, Polar Easterlies, Prevailing Westerlies
a) forces
b) energy
c) genes
d) winds

Meteoroids burn up in this layer of the atmosphere.
a) Mesosphere
b) Stratosphere
c) Troposphere
d) Thermosphere

_____ is the only substance that exists as a solid, liquid, and gas in the Earth's atmosphere.
a) nitrogen
b) ozone
c) water
d) radiation

When you hang clothes out to dry you are hoping for?
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) precipitation
d) transpiration

Involves two cold air masses forcing out the warmer air.
a) cold front
b) warm front
c) occluded front
d) stationary front

Warm air advances and takes over the cold air.
a) cold front
b) warm front
c) occluded front
d) stationary front

Cold air moves in and pushes the warm air up.
a) cold front
b) warm front
c) occluded front
d) stationary front

When two air masses meet and do not move.
a) cold front
b) warm front
c) occluded front
d) stationary front

water vapor that is transferred into the atmosphere from plant leaves.
a) the Sun's radiant energy
b) evaporation
c) transpiration
d) condensation

Water vapor cools, changing into droplets of liquid water.
a) the Sun's radiant energy
b) evaporation
c) transpiration
d) condensation

Water that has absorbed heat energy, changing into water vapor.
a) the Sun's radiant energy
b) evaporation
c) transpiration
d) condensation

what powers the water cycle
a) the Sun's radiant energy
b) evaporation
c) transpiration
d) condensation

The heat my lizard feels from the heat lamp above his cage.
a) radiation
b) conduction
c) convection
d)

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