AP Environmental Science Unit 4

The layer of the atmosphere that contains all of the water vapor and weather is

• troposphere
• thermosphere
• mesosphere
• stratosphere

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Which gas makes up the largest component of Earth's atmosphere?

• oxygen
• nitrogen
• argon
• carbon dioxide

Which list is in the correct order of atmospheric layers starting from Earth's surface?

• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
• Thermosphere, stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, exosphere
• Exosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere
• mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, troposphere

Which of the following contributes to the unequal warming of earth?
I. variation in the angle of sunlight that reaches Earth
II. variation in the amount of surface area over which the Sun's rays are distributed
III. variation in the amount of sunlight reflected from clouds

• I only
• I and II only
• II and III only
• III only

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following has the highest albedo?

• soil
• snow
• water
• pavement

The sun's rays are least direct

• near the poles
• near the equator
• at high altitudes
• far from the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

As the Earth travels around the sun, this tilt causes different areas of the Earth’s surface to get different amounts of daylight at different times of the year. The angle of the Sun’s rays to the surface also causes areas to have more or less of the Sun’s energy. This causes the ________.

• months
• day and night
• seasons
• years

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