The Atmosphere Unit Test

Around Los Angeles, frequent temperature inversions are the result of cool, polluted air being trapped by

• a thunderstorm.

• a layer of warmer air.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The _________________ is the process in which the atmosphere traps warming solar energy near Earth's surface.

• greenhouse effect

• summer solstice

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

Almost all the water vapor in the atmosphere is in the

• troposphere.

• ionosphere.

The addition of _________ to the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels for cars, machinery, and power plants may lead to global warming.

• carbon dioxide

• CFCs

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

CFCs, chemicals that are used as refrigerants and propellants in spray cans, are partly to blame for the reduction of ___________ in the stratosphere.

• oxygen

• ozone

Clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses as

• the air is heated.

• the air is cooled.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When air temperature drops, the air's ability to contain water vapor is

• about the same.

• lower.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the right because of

• climate.

• the Coriolis effect.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

If you hear on the radio that a tornado is approaching, you should

• attempt to drive away from the tornado.

• sit in the center of a basement.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of these layers of the atmosphere is closest to the ground?

• troposphere

• stratosphere