Chapter 1 & 2

1.

1 point

Farming and construction are two human activities that cause air pollution?

True

False

2.

1 point

Why is it hard to breath on the top of the mountain?

Humid air

Colder up North

Your lungs have to work harder to breath thinner air

Higher up is where the air has less oxygen we need oxygen to breath

3.

1 point

What two colors are visible light?

Red and orange

Purple and yellow

Blue and black

Red and gray

4.

1 point

Clouds form when ______ in the air condenses to form liquid water or ice crystals.

5.

1 point

What can hail damage?

buildings

crops

vehicles

6.

1 point

Long periods of usually low precipitation are called droughts.

True

False

7.

1 point

What is air pressure?

The result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an

The force pushing on an area or surface

Density

Mass that has density

8.

1 point

How does fogs form?

When the ground cools at night after a warm, humid day.

When the ground heats at day during a cool, moist day.

When the ground cools at night after a cool, moist day.

When clouds come down during any part of a day.

9.

1 point

How can a rain gauge be used to measure precipitation?

by dipping a ruler into the water

by pouring it out

by reading the marked scale

10.

1 point

Burning of fossil fuels is a human activity that is responsible for smog and acid rain.

True

False

11.

1 point

Earth's ______ makes conditions on earth suitable for living things.

12.

1 point

What is wind?

The horizontal movement of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.

high pressure

slow pressure

medium pressure

13.

1 point

The total energy of motion in the particles of a substance is ____.

convection

thermal energy

conduction

air temperature

14.

1 point

Clouds that form in flat layers are called fog clouds.

True

False

15.

1 point

What is the Greenhouse Effect?

Visible energy

Non-visible energy

Has wavelengths that are long.

The process by which gasses hold heat in the air

16.

1 point

Winds are caused by differences in?

wind molecules

wind mills

air pressure

ear pressure

17.

1 point

Infrared radiation is visible.

True

False

18.

1 point

What is the outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere?

thermosphere

stratosphere

mesosphere

exosphere

19.

1 point

Who invented the Barometer?

Torricelli

Piccard

Franklin

Gey-Lussac

20.

1 point

Cloud seeding is where tiny crystals of silver iodide and dry ice are sprinkled.

True

False

21.

1 point

The temperature at which condensation begins is called the ________.

22.

1 point

What are the four main layers classified according to temperature?

troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere

mesophere, exosphere, troposphere, and stratosphere

exosphere, ionosphere, stratosphere, and thermosphere

troposphere, ionsphere, mesophere, and exosphere

23.

1 point

Mercury and millibars are two common units that are used to measure air pressure?

True

False

24.

1 point

How deep is the mesosphere?

60 km

70 km

80 km

50 km

25.

1 point

The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid is called convection?

True

False

26.

1 point

The height of an object, or point in relation to sea level is altitude?

True

False

27.

1 point

What are doldrums?

regions near the equator with little or no wind.

high pressure over lower

high pressure

lower pressure

28.

1 point

Ozone is a form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of the usual two?

True

False

29.

1 point

Relative humidity is the percentage of water vapor that is actually in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a particular temperature.

True

False

30.

1 point

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a government agency that monitors air quality?

True

False

31.

1 point

Air Temperature is usually measured with a thermometer?

True

False

32.

1 point

Heat (transfer of thermal energy) flows from a colder object to a hotter one?

True

False

33.

1 point

Atmosphere is the envelope of of gases that surrounds the planet.

True

False

34.

1 point

Pollutants are harmful substances in the air, water, and soil.

True

False

35.

1 point

The most common kind of precipitation is rain.

True

False

36.

1 point

What are the major global wind belts?

trade winds,polar easterlies,prevailing westerly's

trade winds

polar easterlies,prevailing westerly's

prevailing westerly's

37.

1 point

The winds that blow towards the equator are turned west by the cariolis effect.

True

False

38.

1 point

Radiation, ________, and convection work together to heat the troposphere.

temperature

conduction

thermal energy

thermometer

39.

1 point

Water vapor is water in the form of __________.

gas

mist

solid

liquid

40.

1 point

Name an example of a natural process that causes air pollution.

forest fires

soil erosion

dust

All of the above

41.

1 point

Which layer of atmosphere protects Earth's surface?

mesophere

stratosphere

ionosphere

thermosphere

42.

1 point

What type of energy do we receive from the sun?

Scattering

Visible light & Infrared radiation

Electromagnetic waves

Greenhouse Effect

43.

1 point

Pure air contains only gas.

True

False

44.

1 point

What are two types of barometers?

Aneroid

Mercury

Pressure

Density

45.

1 point

What colors are visible light?

Red,orange,yellow,green,blue,indigo,and violet

All of the above

Brown,purple,white,orange,green

Black, red,green,white