Atmosphere and Meteorology

What branch of science does this picture represent?

• Oceanography

• Meteorology 

• Geology

• Astronomy

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What branch of Earth Science does this picture represent?

• Environmental Science

• Astronomy

• Meteorology

• Geology

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What is Meteorology?

• The study of meteors.

• The study of the atmosphere.

• The study of rocks.

• The study of organisms.

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Weather, climate, and the atmosphere are studied in this branch of Earth Science.

• Astronomy

• Meteorology

• Cartography

• Geology

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Which two properties characterize an air mass?

• temperature and location

• temperature and pressure

• temperature and moisture

• moisture and pressure

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Earth’s atmosphere contains more ____ than any other substance.

• hydrogen and nitrogen

• helium and oxygen

• nitrogen and oxygen

• carbon and nitrogen

Which of the following layers is represented by letter C?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

In order to avoid severe weather most planes fly in the:

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

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Which of the following statements is true concerning the graph above?

• Layer A is the mesosphere because temperature is decreasing

• Layer B is the stratosphere because temperature is increasing

• Layer C is the mesosphere because temperature is increasing

• Layer D is the stratosphere because temperature is increasing

Which layer of the atmosphere contains weather, clouds, pollution and life forms?

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

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