![](media/image1.png){width="1.1041666666666667in"
height="1.0680555555555555in"}**The Atmosphere - Review Questions**

1.  The gas which comprises most of the atmosphere is:

    a.  Oxygen

    b.  Carbon

    c.  Nitrogen

    d.  Helium

2.  The top three gases in the atmosphere are

    a.  Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon Dioxide

    b.  Nitrogen, Argon, and Oxygen

    c.  Oxygen, Neon, and Argon

    d.  Helium, Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide

3.  The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the outermost layer of Earth\'s
    atmosphere.

    a.  Troposphere

    b.  Stratosphere

    c.  Exosphere

    d.  Thermosphere

4.  The layer of the atmosphere where most of the world\'s weather
    occurs is:

    a.  Stratosphere

    b.  Troposphere

    c.  Hemisphere

    d.  Thermosphere

5.  The boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere is called the:

    a.  Tropopause

    b.  Stratopause

    c.  Mesopause

    d.  Tempopause

6.  The tropopause is highest at the north and south poles. (TRUE,
    FALSE)

7.  It is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (easier/harder) to breath on top of
    Mount Whitney (elevation 14,494 ft/4418 m) than at sea level because
    there is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (less/more) oxygen molecules at the
    summit.

8.  Moist air weighs less than dry air. (TRUE, FALSE)

9.  Air pressure is measured with

    a.  a barometer.

    b.  an altimeter.

    c.  a wind vane.

    d.  an anemometer.

10. You notice on a barometer that air pressure has been decreasing
    rapidly. The type of weather that would normally be expected to
    occur would be:

    a.  Fog

    b.  Drizzle

    c.  Clear skies

    d.  Thunderstorms

11. If you feel the heat in the handle of a cooking pot, that heat was
    transferred to the handle by:

    a.  Radiation

    b.  Convection

    c.  Conduction

12. Heat travels though empty space by:

    a.  Evaporation

    b.  Conduction

    c.  Convection

    d.  Radiation

13. A sunburn is caused by which method of heat transfer:

    a.  Radiation

    b.  Convection

    c.  Conduction

14. Light colored objects absorb radiation \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
    (faster/slower) and emit radiation \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
    (faster/slower) than dark colored objects.

15. At night, temperatures will normally be higher under cloudy skies
    than under clear skies. (TRUE, FALSE)

16. The hydrologic cycle is:

    a.  Evaporation, condensation, precipitation

    b.  Convection, conduction, condensation

    c.  Rain, sunshine, condensation

17. The process of water changing from a liquid to a gas is called
    \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

    a.  Condensation

    b.  the water cycle

    c.  Evaporation

    d.  Precipitation

18. The brief cloud that forms when you exhale on a cold winter day was
    formed because of:

    a.  Evaporation

    b.  Condensation

    c.  Precipitation

    d.  Runoff

19. There is more water in the atmosphere than in glaciers & icecaps.
    (TRUE, FALSE)

20. One inch of rainfall over one square mile is how many gallons of
    water?

    a.  17,400

    b.  174,000

    c.  1,740,000

    d.  17,400,000

21. The region of the atmosphere that reflects radio signals is the
    \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

    a.  Ozone

    b.  Tropopause

    c.  Stratosphere

    d.  Ionosphere