Atmoaphere Quiz

Question 1

Climate

Answer 1

Describes a place or regions weather over a period of time

Question 2

Ozone

Answer 2

A form of oxygen O3 found (6-31) miles above earth

Question 3

Primary pollutant

Answer 3

This kind of pollutant are emitted directly from the source

Question 4

Secondary pollutant

Answer 4

This kind of pollutant isn’t emitted through the air, instead the are formed by a primary pollutant combining with a mother substance

Question 5

Examples of primary pollutants

Answer 5

Carbon dioxide, transportation

Question 6

Examples of secondary pollutants

Answer 6

Sulfur dioxide, acid rain

Question 7

Atmospheric pressure

Answer 7

Measured in millibars, it is the measure of weight of air above so it decreases as altitude increases

Question 8

Troposphere

Answer 8

Weather occurs here, temperatures decrease as altitude increases

Question 9

Stratosphere

Answer 9

Temperature begins to increase due to ozone

Question 10

Mesosphere

Answer 10

Temperature decreases

Question 11

Thermosphere

Answer 11

Temperature increases due to solar radiation

Question 12

Summer solstice

Answer 12

First day of summer, June 21-22, the sun is vertical at 23.5 degrees north

Question 13

Winter solstice

Answer 13

First day of winter, the sun is vertical at 23.5 degrees south, December 21-22

Question 14

Autumnal/Spring equinox

Answer 14

The sun is vertical at the equator

Question 15

Rotation

Answer 15

The spinning of earth on its axis

Question 16

Revolution

Answer 16

The movement of the earth around the sun

Question 17

Heat

Answer 17

The energy transferred from one object to another because of differences

Question 18

Temperature

Answer 18

The measure of the average kinetic energy of individual atoms or molecules in a substance

Question 19

Conduction

Answer 19

Direct transfer of heat from one heat source to the other

Question 20

Convention

Answer 20

Transfer of heat by the mass movement of circulation within the substance

Question 21

Radiation

Answer 21

Transfer of heat through electro magnetic waves, this is how solar energy reaches earth

Question 22

Weather

Answer 22

The condition of the atmosphere at the specific time