Word Warriors - QUIZ # 2

The transfer of heat between two parts of a stationary system, caused by a temperature difference between the parts.

• global warming
• mesosphere
• conduction
• greenhouse effect

The layer of the atmosphere directly above our layer that has the ozone layer in it.

• mesosphere
• stratosphere
• biosphere
• greenhouse effect

The increase in the average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere that impacts the world's climate

• radiation
• conduction
• biosphere
• global warming

The uppermost layer of the atmosphere 

• thermosphere
• biosphere
• global warming
• hydrosphere

The emission or transfer of radiant energy as particles, electromagnetic waves, sound, etc.

• radiation
• conduction
• troposphere
• global warming

All the regions of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms are found or can live. 

• mesosphere
• greenhouse effect
• biosphere
• stratosphere

The middle layer of the atmosphere

• stratosphere
• mesosphere
• convection
• radiation

The retention or keeping in of part of the Sun's energy in the Earth's atmosphere in the form of heat as a result of the presence of greenhouse gases.

• greenhouse effect
• convection
• biosphere
• thermosphere

The lowest layer of the atmosphere next to the earth’s surface where we and almost all other life exists

• stratosphere
• troposphere
• conduction
• mesosphere

The transfer of heat (thermal energy) by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas.

• conduction
• greenhouse effect
• convection
• radiation