Atmosphere and Weather

Thunderstorms are associated with ________________________ clouds.

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cirrostratus

• Altocumulus

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Which of the following kinds of weather typically occur at weather front boundaries?

• fair weather

• hurricanes

• precipitation

• trade winds

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Which of the global winds effects the areas along the equator?

• Trade winds

• Doldrums

• Polar Easterlies

• Westerlies

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What 2 gases make up 99% of the gases in Earth’s atmosphere?

• Carbon Dioxide and Argon

• Nitrogen and Oxygen

• Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen and Neon

The _______________________ has a major effect on both global wind patterns and surface currents in the ocean, and is even responsible for the direction that hurricanes spin.

• The water cycle

• The Coriolis effect

• The ozone layer

• The tilt of the Earth's axis

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If the air is at 99% relative humidity, then the temperature decreases, what is likely to happen?

• Water will evaporate off surfaces.

• Wind speed will increase.

• Water will condense and form dew on surfaces.

• Wind speed will decrease.

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Which sentence best describes how clouds are formed?

• Air cools at different rates; this "lapse rate" determines a cloud's height and size.

• When warm air rises, water vapor becomes cooler, condenses, and forms clouds.

• Air becomes saturated with water vapor at its dew point; this is the moment when clouds begin to form.

• Clouds are formed when water droplets and ice crystals evaporate.

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Which layer of the atmosphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere,

the one in which humans and other animals thrive and weather occurs.

• exosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

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Which layer of the atmosphere merges with space?

• exosphere

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

How would the density of the air affect someone climbing Mt. Everest?

• The dense air near the mountain's peak would affect a climber's balance.

• The air would be thinner near the peak of a high mountain, and the climber might need more oxygen.

• It depends on the gender and age of the climber.

• Trace amounts of inert gases are deadly at such high altitudes.

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