Atmosphere Weather

What causes the temperature to increase in the stratosphere?

• Nitrogen

• Ozone

• Water Vapor

• carbon dioxide

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer? 

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Ionosphere

• Exosphere

The boundary  between two air masses is known as:

• front

• storm

• climate

• flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960

• Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide

• humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

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Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• Insolation 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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When warm air rises and cools high in the atmosphere and then sinks to the earth creates _________ currents

• convection

• surface

• deep

• precipitaiton

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using bottled water

• burning fossil fuels

• texting on cellphones

• eating meat

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of storm front is this? 

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface

• a line where hot and cold air are separating

• a line where two different air masses meet

• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which most likely produces clear, cool weather?

• zero air pressure

• stable air pressure

• a low pressure system

• a high pressure system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6