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Study Guide Ch. 1 Weather Test
Fill In/Vocab 14 Questions:
These words are: atmosphere, thermosphere, wind, air pressure, radiation, coriolis effect, troposphere,
thermal conduction, jet stream, stratosphere, convection, greenhouse effect, mesosphere, global
warming
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What is the breakdown of gases in the atmosphere?
What happens to air pressure at higher altitudes? Why does this happen?
What happens to air temperature as altitude increases? What happens as altitude decreases?
What is the cause of air temperature differences in each layer?
What layer is the least dense? What layer does the temp increase as altitude increases? What
layer does most of Earth’s weather occur in? What layer is the warmest layer of the
atmosphere?
What layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer in?
Energy from the sun is ______________ by the atmosphere and the Earth.
What is conduction, convection, radiation? What is the greenhouse effect?
Which of the following examples involves conduction?
a. Touching a hot plate that has just come from an oven
b. Feeling a gust of cold air when a door is opened
c. Warming up on a cool day by moving to a sunny area
d. Making a batch of sun tea on the patio
Which of the following statements about convection is true?
a. Energy moves through space by convection.
b. Convection heats the air near the Earth’s surface.
c. Most of the energy in the atmosphere moves by convection.
d. Convection heats the air in the troposphere.
What causes warm air to rise and cool air to sink?
Which of the following events could increase the greenhouse effect and possibly contribute to
global warming?
a. Carbon dioxide traps reradiated energy.
b. The level of atmospheric gases increases.
c. A vast number of trees are planted.
d. Energy escapes into space.
How can the greenhouse effect contribute to global warming?
What factors cause winds?
What direction does wind move?
How would you describe the general global pattern of wind?
How do convection cells form?
18. What are trade winds and how do they move?
19. What factors influence local wind patterns?
20. Which is an example of a secondary pollutant?
a. Smog that comes from automobile exhaust.
b. Smoke that comes from a forest fire.
c. Dust that comes from a construction workshop.
d. Smoke that comes from cigarettes.
21. When automobile exhaust reacts with air and sunlight, ozone results. When ozone reacts with
automobile exhaust, smog results. Each of the following factors contributes to smog. Which
factor is the primary pollutant?
22. What is human caused air pollution? List 4 examples of human caused air pollution.
23. Which type of air pollution causes the most global concern?
24. Name 4 ways car manufacturers are helping control air pollution from vehicles.
25. Name 5 different ways an individual could directly help reduce air pollution.
Essays (2 questions):
1. Explain why air rises when it is heated,
2. What is the main cause of temperature changes in the atmosphere? Why are some layers
warmer?