Vocabulary
The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level:
A. Longitude
B. Latitude
C. Altitude
C. Altitude
an imaginary line of longitude that runs through Greenwich, London, and England, with a value of 0 degrees
prime meridian
Atmosphere layer when High-Altitude Military Aircraft fly?
A. Mesosphere
B. Thermosphere
C. Stratosphere
C. Stratosphere
Fluffy clouds means fair weather.
A. Cirrus
B. Cumulus
C. Stratus
B. Cumulus
Boundary that separates opposing air masses is a;
A. Jet stream
B. Front
C. latitude
B. Front
What determines climate:
A. precipitation and temperature
B. Humidity and temperature
C. Precipitation and latitude
A. precipitation and temperature
The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, extending from
the surface up to about 7 to 10
A. Mesosphere B. Exosphere C. Troposphere
C. Troposphere
What does the ozone layer block to protect life on Earth:
A. Moonlight
B. Ultraviolet rays
C. Radio waves
B. UV rays
Wispy high clouds means possible change in weather.
A. Stratus
B. Cumulus
C. Cirrus
C. Cirrus
The ozone layers helps to protect us from:
A. Greenhouse effect
B. Ocean tides
C. Weather patterns
A. Greenhouse effect
Blanket of gases that surrounds Earth:
A. Atmosphere
B. Hydrosphere
C. Chromosphere
A.atmosphere
The outmost layer of the atmosphere:
A. Mesosphere B. Exosphere C. Troposphere
B. Exosphere
In what layer do meteorites burn up?
A. Troposphere
B. Mesosphere
C. Thermosphere
B. Mesosphere
Clouds that are low-level, layered, and gray clouds that cover the sky like a blanket and can sometimes resemble fog.
A. Cumulus
B. Cumulonimbus
C. Stratus
B. Cumulonimbus
Layers of the atmosphere from lowest to highest:
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles,dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres:
A . Prime meridian
B. Tropic of cancer
C. Equator
C. Equator
A. Stratosphere
B. Mesosphere
C. Thermosphere
A. Thermosphere
The only layer with weather and clouds
A. Mesosphere
B. Thermosphere
C. Troposphere
C. Troposphere
GPS stands For: global _________ system:
A. Positioning
B. Potential
C. Perimeter
A. global positioning system
The long term conditions of temperature and precipitation for an area is called the:
A. Weather
B. Climate
C. Atmosphere
B. climate
The Earth has an axial tilt of about __________degrees
A. 26.5 degrees
B. 45.5 degrees
C. 23.5 degrees
C. 23.5
Which layer is the International Space station located:
A. Troposphere
B. Exosphere
C. Thermospere
B. Exosphere
The ________________is the fourth layer of Earth's atmosphere, situated above mesosphere and below the exosphere:
A. Thermosphere
B. Ozone later
C. Troposphere
A. Thermosphere
Clouds that are thick, dark gray, low-to-mid-level clouds that cover the sky and produce continuous, moderate to heavy precipitation like rain or snow.
A.Nimbostratus
B. Cirrostratus
C. Cumulostratus
A. Nimbostratus
Earth's tilted axis causes the _________. Throughout the year, different parts of the Earth:
A. Tides
B. Moon phases
C. Seasons
C.seasons