The Atmosphere and Air Exam Review

Which of the following things can affect the climate and add to global warming?

• deforestation

• burning fossil fuels

• both of these

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What is the atmosphere?

• a mixture of moisture, clouds and snow

• A process where water is released from plants into the air

• a mixture of gasses that surrounds and protects the earth

• a certain type of cloud

When the sun heats plants and causes the moisture to leave the plant and go into the air this is called?

• evaporation

• precipitation

• fog

• transpiration

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What do meteorologists do?

• Study the oceans

• Predict the weather

• Study dinosaur fossils

• study medicine

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Gases in our atmosphere scatter certain waves of light and let other waves pass through. Which one is scattered the most in our atmosphere?

• red

• pink

• white

• blue

What happens during transpiration?

• water from plants is released into the atmosphere

• water from the oceans and lakes is released into the atmosphere

• Moisture collects in the atmosphere and forms clouds

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Fog is formed from which type of clouds?

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

• fog is not formed from clouds

A thermometer measures?

• the amount of moisture in the air

• the wind pressure

• the temperature

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How many layers are there in the atmosphere?

• 3

• 5

• 4

• 6

The troposphere is the layer of the atmosphere where?

• meteors burn

• stars appear

• weather takes place

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