Transcript Chapter 22 Test Review

Chapter 22 Test Review
The Atmosphere
1. Atmospheric pressure is
measured with a ________.
• barometer
2. One harmful effect of
temperature _______ is _______.
• inversions
• smog
3.The two most abundant _______ in
the atmosphere are _____ ______ and
water vapor.
• compounds
• carbon dioxide
4. Energy from the sun travels to
Earth as _______.
• radiation
5. The solar radiation least absorbed by
the layers of the atmosphere before
reaching Earth is ______ ______.
• visible light
6. After Earth absorbs ______ rays that heat
the ground, thermal energy is _______ by
the atmosphere from the _________.
• infrared
• absorbed
• ground.
7. A _____ between Earth’s absorption
of solar energy and an increase in
temperature makes the _______ part of
a day in the ________.
• delay
• warmest
• afternoon
8. The narrow bands of high-speed
winds that blow in the upper
atmosphere are called _________.
• jet streams.
9. ____ winds are influenced by
local ____ and local temperature.
• Local
• conditions
10. The ____ winds of the Northern and
Southern Hemispheres meet at the
equator in a narrow zone of weak
variable winds called __________.
• trade
• doldrums.
11. ____ breezes blow cool air
_____ _____ to water.
• Land
• from
• land
12. One effect of air pollution is
_______ of the _____ ____.
• destruction
• ozone
• layer.
13. _____ radiation that is not
reflected back into the atmosphere
is _______ by surface materials.
• Solar
• absorbed
14. _______ is the fraction of solar
radiation reaching Earth that is
reflected.
• Albedo
15. _______ winds that blow
through the middle of the United
States are called _________.
• Prevailing
• Westerlies
16. Because of the _____ _____,
an object that travels north from the
equator will curve to the right.
• Coriolis
• Effect
17. Interactions between solar radiation
and the _____ cause ______.
• ionosphere
• auroras.
18. Temperature ______ can
intensify the effect of smog when
cool, polluted ground air is trapped
by warm air.
• inversions
19. Dust, ____, and pollen are all
_______ in the atmosphere.
• salt
• particulates
20. The warming of the surface and lower
atmosphere of Earth that occurs when
carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases
in the air trap heat near Earth’s surface is
known as the _________ _____.
• greenhouse effect
21. The _______ is a mixture of____,
primarily nitrogen, oxygen, and argon,
that surrounds Earth.
• atmosphere
• gases
22. The ______ is the lowest layer
of the atmosphere, where all
__________ conditions exist.
• troposphere
• weather
23. The _______ is the layer of the
atmosphere which contains the
______ layer.
• stratosphere
• ozone
24. The _____ is the coldest layer
of the atmosphere in which
temperature decreases as altitude
increases.
• mesosphere
25. The ______ is the uppermost layer
of the atmosphere ; includes the
ionosphere.
• thermosphere
26. The electromagnetic ____ is all
of the frequencies or wavelengths
of __________ radiation.
• spectrum
• electromagnetic
27. _______ is the transfer of
energy as heat through a material.
• Conduction
28. _________ is the movement of
matter due to differences in density
caused by temperature variations.
• Convection
29. ______ cells are the three
looping patterns of air flow that
exist in each hemisphere.
• Convection
30. The ______ ____is the curving
of the path of a moving object from
an otherwise straight path due to
Earth’s ________.
• Coriolis Effect
• rotation
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