
ES Q2 Atmosphere (Quiz)
Quiz by Melva D. Borja
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the horizontal movement of the air
the cooler air over the sea rushes toward the land where air pressure is lower, this is known as _____.
the air over the sea rises as air from the land rushes toward the sea where air pressure is lower lower, this is known as ____.
It lies below the lithosphere, relatively narrow, mobile zone in the mantle. This zone is composed of hot, semi-solid material, which can soften and flow after being subjected to high temperature over geologic time
a heat driven cycle in fluids (liquids and gases) where warmer, less dense material rises and cooler, denser material sinks, transferring heat in the process.
The boundary zone or transition layer between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
A thin layer of gases that surrounds the earth.
A form of oxygen crucial to our survival that absorbs a lot of ultraviolet solar energy.
The thermal classification of the atmosphere
These are caused by solar wind striking gases in the atmosphere above the poles.
The lower boundary of exosphere is called__________.
These are created when sunlight hits atoms and tears of some electrons.
The hottest part of the atmosphere.
The coldest layer of the atmosphere.
The gas with the highest percentage in the atmosphere.