The Atmosphere Test Review

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere? What is the highest layer of the atmosphere? What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere? What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer? What layer of the atmosphere contains wind and rain? What layer of the atmosphere is the densest? How does the temperature in the troposphere change with increasing altitude? Why does the temperature of the air increase with height in the stratosphere? Why does the temperature of the air decrease with height in the mesosphere? What is the tropopause? What process was responsible for increasing the amount of free oxygen in primitive Earths oxygen-free atmosphere? To what does the term outgassing refer to explain how the Earths original atmosphere was created? What gas makes up 78% of the Earths atmosphere? What is the second most common atom in the Earths atmosphere? What are the two most important heat-absorbing gases in the lower atmosphere? How is an ozone molecule different from an oxygen molecule? Why is the ozone layer important? By what is it believed that the Earths ozone layer is being damaged? An excess of what gas in the atmosphere is believed to cause an increase in the greenhouse effect? What is a barometer used for? What could be the result of an increase to the greenhouse effect? What is heat? What is the transfer of heat by contact called? How does most of the thermal energy in the atmosphere move? Compared to colder objects, what size of wavelengths do hotter objects radiate? What percentage of the Suns radiation that reaches the Earths atmosphere is absorbed by the Earth? What percentage of the Suns radiation that reaches the Earths atmosphere is lost back into space? What percentage of the Suns radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere and clouds? What percentage of the Suns radiation is reflected by clouds? What type of electromagnetic radiation is scattered by the Earths atmosphere? What type of electromagnetic radiation is absorbed in the lower atmosphere? What type of electromagnetic radiation is absorbed in the upper atmosphere? What types of gases absorb solar radiation in the lower atmosphere? Why types of gases absorb solar radiation in the upper atmosphere? What type of solar radiation is absorbed by plants in the process of photosynthesis? What is specifically within plants that allows them to absorb solar radiation? What refers to the splitting of rays into weaker rays that then radiate in all directions? What happens to the temperature of an object that absorbs solar radiation? What type of solar radiation do greenhouse gases absorb to keep the Earth warm? After absorbing solar radiation during the day, the Earth cools off at night by radiating _____. From what source does most of the Earths energy come? What percentage of the Earths energy comes from the Sun? Plants and organisms were buried hundreds of millions of years ago and able to decay into what energy source? What source of energy does society rely on for most of its energy needs?

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What is an AU? Which of the Jovian planets have rings? How long is the synodic month, the cycle of the moon through its phases? When a small solid particle travels through space and then hits the Earths surface, it is called a _____. Pluto has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. What is the definition that defines an object as a planet? Phoebe, a moon of Saturn has retrograde motion. This means the moon moves _____.