Atmosphere
The main gases in the atmosphere
A nitrogen and Carbon dioxide
B. Carbon dioxide and argon
C. Nitrogen and oxygen
C.What are nitrogen and oxygen
In high pressure areas, air is more _____ than in areas of ___________ pressure
A. Dense, lower
B. Dense, higher
C. Foggy, lower
A. Dense, lower
The reason why there are different types of weather in different seasons of the year:
A. Where you live on earth
B. Tilt of Earth on axis
C. The tides
B. What is the tilted axis of Earth relative to Earth's position in its orbit around the sun
Wispy high clouds means possible change in weather.
A. Cumulus
B. Cirrus
C. Nimbus
B. Cirrus
The gradual increase in Earth's average temperature that scientists agree is caused by human behavior:
A. A Climate change
B. Tectonic plates
C. Hurricanes
A. What is climate change
The layer of atmosphere in which most weather occurs
A. Troposphere
B. Exosphere
C. Mesosphere
A. What is the troposphere
A boundary that separates opposing air masses:
A. Pressure
B. Fronts
C. Cyclone
B. What is a front
What layer of the atmosphere does the International space center reside:
A. Thermosphere
B. Troposphere
C. Exosphere
C. What is the exosphere
_____clouds 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. Cirrocumulus
B. Nimbostratus
C. Cumulonimbus
B.What is Nimbostratus
Where is the ozone layer?
A. Mesosphere
B. Stratosphere
C. Exosphere
B. Stratosphere
Increasing altitude in the troposphere affects the temperature by causing it to _________.
A. Stay windy
B. Get colder(decrease)
C. Get warmer(increase)
B. What is decrease (gets colder)
A front that lingers or stays in same place:
A. Occluded
B. Stationary
C. High moving
B.What is a stationary front
What layer of the atmosphere do humans live?
A. Mesosphere
B. Ozone
C. Troposphere
C. troposphere
Huge storms that originate in the tropics above warm ocean water
A. Tornado
B. Tsunamis
C. Hurricane
C.What is a hurricane
Clouds are dense, towering clouds that produce thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail, and lightning.
A. Nimbostratus
B. Cumulonimbus
C. Cirrus
B. Cumulonimbus
Air flows from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure, causes _______.
A. Rain
B. Fog
C. Wind
C. What is wind
Air pressure measuring pressure tool:
A. Thermometer
B. Wind sock
C. Barometer
C. barometer
What determines climate: _____________ and temperature
A. Hail
B. Sunlight
C. Precipitation
C. What is precipitation
____clouds are low-level, layered, and gray clouds that cover the sky like a blanket and can sometimes resemble fog.
A. Cumulus
B. Stratus
C. Altocumulus
B. Stratus
The Earth has an axial tilt of about ____ degrees:
A. 23.5
b. 25.3
c. 24.5
A. 23.5
The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
A. Latitude
B. Longitude
C. Altitude
C. What is altitude
Atmospheric pressure is also called ___________ pressure.
A. Barometric
B. Wind
C. Front
A. Barometric
The Tropic of Capricorn (or the Southern Tropic) is the circle of latitude the. 23.5 __________ of equator
A. South
B. North
C. West
A. South
What does alto mean with clouds?
A. Low altitude
B. Middle altitude
C. High altitude
B. Middle
The _______is the line of 0° longitude, the starting point for measuring distance both east and west around Earth.
A. Equator
B. Tropic of Capricorn
C. Prime meridian
C. Prime meridian