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What is the lowest atmospheric layer?
a) Troposphere
b) Mesosphere
c) Exosphere
d) Thermosphere

Where are the doldrums found?
a) AT the equator
b) Poles
c) At the mid-ocean ridge
d) At the beach

Warm air______ and cool air______.
a) rise, sinks
b) sinks, rises
c)
d)

The equator
a) receives the most direct heat
b) is cold
c) is extremely windy
d)

Which band brings moist air from the west in the U.S. ?
a) The prevailing westerlies
b) The polar easterlies
c) Trade winds
d)

Which atmospheric layer contains the ozone layer?
a) Stratosphere
b) Mesosphere
c) Thermosphere
d) Exosphere

Which atmospheric layer is the hottest?
a) Thermosphere
b) Troposphere
c) Mesosphere
d) Stratosphere

Low pressure occurs over the ocean during the
a) Night
b) Day
c) Spring
d) Summer

Which of the following can change direction?
a) Local winds
b) Global
c) Trade
d) Westerlies

The _________ effect traps heat and helps sustain life on Earth.
a) green house
b) Coriolis
c) Cause
d) doldrum

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