Earth's Atmosphere
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- Q1Which explains why Earth's atmosphere is important?It protects Earth from cold air.It creates water.It protects Earth from the Sun's harmful rays.It protects Earth from other planets.30s
- Q2Which receives more direct sunlight?North PoleSouth PoleEquatorNorth America30s
- Q3From the figure, which layer of the atmosphere do you find rain, snow, and clouds?tropospheremesospherethermospherestratosphere30s
- Q4Why are the thermosphere and exosphere the warmest of the atmospheric layers?because the underlying mesosphere keeps the warm air therebecause the air pressure is too greatbecause they are closest to the Sunbecause of the gases trapped in these layers30s
- Q5What is wind that blows from the sea to the land due to local temperature and pressure differences called?jet streamland breezeglobal windsea breeze30s
- Q6What type of wind moves at very high speeds and high altitudes?jet streamprevailing windsland breezessea breezes30s
- Q7How does this figure show the greenhouse effect of Earth's atmosphere?The energy entering the greenhouse bounces around causing the plants to grow.Radiant energy is trapped by the roof of the greenhouse allowing the air inside to become warm.The rays of the Sun are trapped for the plants to use for photosynthesis.The leaves of the plants in the greenhouse soak up all the Sun's energy.30s
- Q8What type of heat is exchanged when water changes from one form to another, such as ice to water?latent heatsolar heatconvectionradiation30s
- Q9What are cold winds that blow from the east to the west near the North Pole and the South Pole called?trade windspolar easterlieswesterliesjet stream30s
- Q10Which types of radiation are considered to be in the near-visible light spectrum and have do with warming Earth’s atmosphere?red, blue and yellow lightultraviolet and black lightinfrared and purple lightinfrared and ultraviolet30s
- Q11What is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves?radiationconvectionUVconduction30s
- Q12Which of the following can you infer from the diagram?Some of the outgoing radiation is directed back toward Earth's surface.All of the Sun's radiation escapes back into space.Earth is warmed from energy generated below the ground.Most of the atmosphere is made of carbon dioxide.30s
- Q13Burning your hand on a hot cup of tea is an example of what type of energy transfer?thermal radiationconductionradiationconvection30s
- Q14What occurs when ions from the Sun hit air molecules and cause them to emit vivid colors of light?ion stormsozone lightningneutron cloudsauroras30s
- Q15What gases are the main components in Earth's atmosphere?carbon dioxide and nitrogencarbon dioxide and water vapornitrogen and oxygennitrogen and carbon dioxide30s
