Chapter 15 Test Review

The kind of energy from the sun that we can see (and helps us see color) is ____.

• UV light

• infrared light

• visible light

The earth absorbs the Sun's heat during the day, and releases it at night. Our atmosphere traps some of this heat that would otherwise escape into space. This process is called ____.

• greenhouse effect

• greenhouse gases

• temperature inversion

This greenhouse gas, emitted by burning fossil fuels, contributes to global warming: _____.

• ozone

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The layer of the atmosphere that we live in is the _____.

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

The full range of energy from the sun is called the _____.

• UV light

• electromagnetic spectrum

• temperature inversion

The layer of the atmosphere that has weather is _____. 

• exosphere

• troposphere

• stratosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This is a type of local wind that occurs on a much larger scale and causes massive flooding in the summer...

• land breeze

• monsoon

• sea breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The layer of the atmosphere that holds the ozone layer is the _____.

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• mesosphere

A word used to describe height above sea level is _______.

• altitude

• atmosphere

• air pressure

The layer of the atmosphere where meteors burn up is the _____. 

• thermosphere

• exosphere

• mesosphere