Atmosphere and Heat Transfer

Temperature increases with altitude in which two layers?

• stratosphere and mesosphere

• stratosphere and thermosphere

• troposphere

• satellites

Which layer of the atmosphere helps meteors burn up before hitting the earth?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• ground layer

Provides information about cloud locations, cloud-top temperatures, and cloud-tracked winds between the surface and an altitude of roughly 160 to 2000 km.

• space station

• weather balloon

• satellite

• bird

Heat from the sun's rays reach the Earth through which process?

• conduction

• convection

• Mrs. Loughner's evil eye

• radiation

What is the effect of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere?

• Traps in heat to make it warm enough on Earth

• Puts a glass building around the Earth

• Eats plants

What happens in convection?

• cool air rises

• warm air rises and cool air sinks

• cool air sits still

• cold air and warm air do a hula dance

What is the heat energy that comes from a source and travels through space at the speed of light?

• radiation

• conduction

• satellites

• a meteor

Which atmosphere layer contains the ozone layer?

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

Contains almost 90 % of the atmosphere's total mass, and most weather occurs in this layer

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

The uppermost layer of the atmosphere (when you say there are 4 layers only)

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• the sun