Chapter Test

Question 1

Who was called the father of chemistry?

Answer 1

Antoine Lavoisier

Question 2

The most significant role for nitrogen in the atmosphere is to _______.

Answer 2

Dilute oxygen to the appropriate level

Question 3

The most abundant gas in the homosphere is _______.

Answer 3

Nitrogen

Question 4

The largest carbon reservoir in the carbon cycle is found in the ______.

Answer 4

Atmosphere

Question 5

What helps to convert atmospheric nitrogen to a usable organic form?

Answer 5

Lightening

Question 6

The gas called ozone is composed of ______.

Answer 6

Oxygen atoms

Question 7

Nearly every year, a thin spot in the ozone layer develops over_______.

Answer 7

Antarctica

Question 8

Which atmospheric layer directly affects radio communications on Earth.

Answer 8

Ionosphere

Question 9

Which layer would most effectively protect the earth from a solar flare?

Answer 9

Magnetosphere

Question 10

Which weather condition will result in the earth’s surface absorbing the most heat from the sun?

Answer 10

Clear and cold with low humidity

Question 11

What is an example of conduction?

Answer 11

The earth’s surface warming the air above

Question 12

The density currents that cause a mixing of the air are an example of?

Answer 12

Convection

Question 13

The most concentrated form of solar energy at the earth’s surface occurs when ______?

Answer 13

The rays come from straight overhead

Question 14

Excessive exposure to UV rays can cause what?

Answer 14

Eye damage, skin cancer and sunburn

Question 15

Many creationists believe that the atmosphere is part of the _______, which God created between the waters below and the waters above.

Answer 15

Firmament

Question 16

Joseph Priestly, Karl Scheele and Antonie Lavoisier are credited with the discovery of ________.

Answer 16

Oxygen

Question 17

Aircraft that travel long distances fly in the _______ to avoid storms and benefit from the jet streams.

Answer 17

Stratosphere

Question 18

The coldest temperatures of the atmosphere are found at the top of the _________.

Answer 18

Mesosphere

Question 19

The ________ is a region extending thousands of kilometers into space that include the Van Allen belts.

Answer 19

Magnetosphere

Question 20

An example of greenhouse gas is _________.

Answer 20

Carbon dioxide and water

Question 21

The envelope of gases surrounding the earth

Answer 21

Atmosphere

Question 22

The steady temperature change associated with altitude change

Answer 22

Lapse rate

Question 23

Fast winds that travel in paths in the stratosphere

Answer 23

Jet stream

Question 24

Rate of solar energy flow that reaches the earth

Answer 24

Solar constant

Question 25

Indirect warming of the atmosphere

Answer 25

Greenhouse effect

Question 26

What is the name of the mixture of gases that extends up to 80 km?

Answer 26

Homosphere

Question 27

Which temperature layers are included in the homosphere?

Answer 27

Troposphere, stratosphere and mesosphere

Question 28

In which temperature layer do most people live?

Answer 28

Troposphere

Question 29

Name the gases that make up the heterosphere.

Answer 29

Molecular nitrogen, atomic oxygen, helium and molecular hydrogen

Question 30

What gases make up the exosphere?

Answer 30

Atomic oxygen, helium and molecular hydrogen

Question 31

Which is the hottest temperature layer?

Answer 31

Thermosphere

Question 32

Which is the coldest temperature layer?

Answer 32

Mesosphere

Question 33

If the ozone layer extends from 20 km to 50 km above the earth's surface in which temperature layer does it fall?

Answer 33

The stratosphere

Question 34

The ionosphere extends upward from 75 km to a height of about 500 km. Which two temperature layers are not contained within the ionosphere?

Answer 34

Troposphere and stratosphere

Question 35

True or false: | Old earth scientists believe that the early earth had no free oxygen in its atmosphere.

Answer 35

True

Question 36

True or false: | The atmosphere is not clearly mentioned in the Genesis creation account.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

True or false: | The percentages of gases in the homosphere remain relatively constant.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

True or false: | Since warm air rises, the troposphere is the coldest layer of the atmosphere.

Answer 38

False

Question 39

True or false: | The troposphere is the only atmospheric layer to have winds

Answer 39

False

Question 40

True or false: | Ammonia is a compound that contains nitrogen

Answer 40

True

Question 41

Auroras occur when charged particles escape from the ionosphere into the magnetosphere

Answer 41

False

Question 42

Most of the sun's energy makes it to the earth's surface

Answer 42

False

Question 43

Infrared rays are a form of thermal radiation

Answer 43

True

Question 44

The atmosphere was formed by _______?

Answer 44

A direct act of God during creation week.