Atmosphere review

Vocabulary

100

The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level:

A. Longitude

B. Latitude

C. Altitude

C. Altitude

200

What determines climate: 

A. precipitation and temperature

B. Humidity and temperature

C. Precipitation and latitude

A. precipitation and temperature

300

Blanket of gases that surrounds Earth:

A. Atmosphere

B. Hydrosphere

C. Chromosphere

A.atmosphere

400

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

500

The Earth has an axial tilt of about __________degrees

A. 26.5 degrees

B.  45.5 degrees

C. 23.5 degrees

C. 23.5

Layers of atmosphere

100

an imaginary line of longitude that runs through Greenwich, London, and England, with a value of 0 degrees

prime meridian 

200

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

300

The outmost layer of the atmosphere:

A. Mesosphere   B. Exosphere    C. Troposphere

B. Exosphere

400

The ozone layer is located in the stratosphere

A. Stratosphere

B. Mesosphere

C. Thermosphere

A. Thermosphere

500

Which layer is the International Space station located:

A. Troposphere

B. Exosphere

C. Thermospere

B. Exosphere

Atmosphere

100

Atmosphere layer when High-Altitude Military Aircraft fly?

A. Mesosphere

B. Thermosphere

C. Stratosphere

 C. Stratosphere

200

What does the ozone layer block to protect life on Earth:

A. Moonlight

B. Ultraviolet rays

C. Radio waves

B. UV rays

300

In what layer do meteorites burn up?

A. Troposphere

B. Mesosphere

C. Thermosphere

B. Mesosphere

400

The only layer with weather and clouds

A. Mesosphere

B. Thermosphere

C. Troposphere

C. Troposphere

500

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

100

Fluffy clouds means fair weather.

A. Cirrus

B. Cumulus

C. Stratus

B. Cumulus

200

Wispy high clouds means possible change in weather.

A. Stratus

B. Cumulus

C. Cirrus

C. Cirrus

300

 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

400

GPS stands For: global _________ system:

A. Positioning

B. Potential

C. Perimeter

A. global positioning system

500

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

Bonus

100

Boundary that separates opposing air masses is a;

A. Jet stream

B. Front

C. latitude

B. Front

200

The ozone layers helps to protect us from:

A. Greenhouse effect

B. Ocean tides

C. Weather patterns

A. Greenhouse effect

300

Layers of the atmosphere from lowest to highest:

troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

400

The long term conditions of temperature and precipitation for an area is called the:

A. Weather

B. Climate

C. Atmosphere

B. climate

500

Earth's tilted axis causes the _________. Throughout the year, different parts of the Earth:

A. Tides

B. Moon phases

C. Seasons

C.seasons