Ch. 19 Quiz

Question 1

Atmospheric pressure is measured with a ___.

Answer 1

barometer

Question 2

___ uses a sealed metal container to measure atmospheric pressure.

Answer 2

An aneroid barometer

Question 3

What is one harmful effect of temperature inversion?

Answer 3

smog

Question 4

What are the two most abundant compounds in the atmosphere?

Answer 4

carbon dioxide & water vapor

Question 5

Energy from the sun travels to Earth as ___.

Answer 5

radiation

Question 6

The solar radiation least absorbed by the layers of the atmosphere before reaching Earth’s surface is ___.

Answer 6

visible light

Question 7

After Earth absorbs infrared radiation, which heats the ground, what kind of energy does the atmosphere absorb from the ground?

Answer 7

thermal

Question 8

A delay between Earth’s absorption of solar energy and an increase in temperature makes the warmest part of the day the ___.

Answer 8

afternoon

Question 9

Average temperatures are lower near the poles because sunlight strikes the ground at an angle ___.

Answer 9

smaller than 90 degrees

Question 10

the narrow bands of high-speed winds that blow in the upper atmosphere

Answer 10

jet streams

Question 11

What are local winds influenced by?

Answer 11

local conditions & local temperatures

Question 12

winds that blow at speeds of less than 50 km/h

Answer 12

breezes

Question 13

The trade winds of the Northern and Southern hemispheres meet at the equator in a narrow zone of weak variable winds called ___.

Answer 13

the doldrums

Question 14

What kind of wind blows cool air from land to water?

Answer 14

land breeze

Question 15

the movement of matter due to differences in density caused by temperature variations

Answer 15

convection

Question 16

the uppermost layer of the atmosphere, includes the ionosphere

Answer 16

thermosphere

Question 17

the curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth’s rotation

Answer 17

Coriolis effect

Question 18

the fraction of solar radiation that is reflected off the surface of an object

Answer 18

albedo

Question 19

the transfer of energy as heat through a material by direct contact

Answer 19

conduction

Question 20

prevailing winds that blow from east to west between 60 degrees and 90 degrees latitude in both hemispheres

Answer 20

polar easterlies

Question 21

the warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when carbon dioxide and water vapor in the air absorb and radiate infrared radiation

Answer 21

Greenhouse effect

Question 22

the layer of the atmosphere in which temperature increases as altitude increases; contains the ozone

Answer 22

stratosphere

Question 23

a mixture of gases primarily nitrogen, oxygen, and argon, that surround the Earth

Answer 23

atmosphere

Question 24

prevailing winds that blow from east to west from 30 degrees latitude to the equator in both hemispheres

Answer 24

trade winds

Question 25

the lowest layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature drops at a constant rate as altitude increases; the level where all weather conditions exist

Answer 25

troposphere