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- 1. Multiple Choice
What caused the early atmosphere to have carbon dioxide, water vapor and ammonia in it?
Tsunamis
Cyanobacteria
Volcanoes
Animals
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is another name for cyanobacteria?
Blue Green Algae
Green Stuff
Water Goop
General Bacteria
- 3. Multiple Choice
How did cyanobacteria help form an atmosphere that animals and people can survive in?
Converted Oxygen to CO2 using photosynthesis
Added more CO2 into the air
Added more water vapor into the air
Converted CO2 to Oxygen using photosynthesis
- 4. Multiple Choice
Is there more oxygen or nitrogen in our current atmosphere?
Oxygen
Nitrogen
- 5. Multiple Choice
What layer of the atmosphere is the lowest?
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
- 6. Multiple Choice
What layer of the atmosphere is the Highest?
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
- 7. Multiple Choice
What layer of the atmosphere is the coldest
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
- 8. Multiple Choice
What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
- 9. Multiple Choice
As altitude increases what happens to the density of the air?
Increases
Decreases
- 10. Multiple Choice
What protects us from ultra violet radiation
Greenhouse Gasses
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Ozone Layer
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why is the equator hotter than the poles?
The equator is closer to the sun
The equator gets direct radiation at no angle
- 12. Multiple Choice
What weather instrument is used for pressure?
Thermometer
Psychrometer
Anemometer
Barometer
- 13. Multiple Choice
What weather instrument is used for wind speed?
Thermometer
Psychrometer
Anemometer
Barometer
- 14. Multiple Choice
What weather instrument allows us to find the dew point and relative humidity
Thermometer
Psychrometer
Anemometer
Barometer
- 15. Multiple Choice
What type of energy transfer causes warm things to rise and cool things to sink?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Friction
- 16. Multiple Choice
What type of energy transfer goes through solids?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Friction
- 17. Multiple Choice
What type of energy transfer comes from the sun?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Friction
- 18. Multiple Choice
What direction does a high pressure system move in?
clockwise and sinking
counterclockwise and rising
- 19. Multiple Choice
What direction does a low pressure system move in?
clockwise and sinking
counterclockwise and rising
- 20. Multiple Choice
What direction do local winds blow?
High to Low
Low to High
West
East
- 21. Multiple Choice
What are tropical air masses close to that causes them to be hot?
Sun
Moon
Equater
Ocean
- 22. Multiple Choice
What does maritime mean?
Dry
Hot
Cold
Moist
- 23. Multiple Choice
What is colder arctic or polar?
Arctic
Polar
- 24. Multiple Choice
Isotherm connects points of equal ________________.
Pressure
Temperature
Moister
Wind Speed
- 25. Multiple Choice
Isobar connects points of equal ________________.
Pressure
Temperature
Moister
Wind Speed
- 26. Multiple Choice
What happens at a cold front?
Cold air mass meets warm air mass
Warm air mass meets cold air mass
Cold air mass catches up with warm air mass
Cold and warm air mass meet but no movement
- 27. Multiple Choice
What happens at a warm front?
Cold air mass meets warm air mass
Warm air mass meets cold air mass
Cold air mass catches up with warm air mass
Cold and warm air mass meet but no movement
- 28. Multiple Choice
What happens at an occluded front?
Cold air mass meets warm air mass
Warm air mass meets cold air mass
Cold air mass catches up with warm front
Cold and warm air mass meet but no movement
- 29. Multiple Choice
What happens at a stationary front?
Cold air mass meets warm air mass
Warm air mass meets cold air mass
Cold air mass catches up with warm air mass
Cold and warm air mass meet but no movement
- 30. Multiple Choice
What can hold more moisture, warm air or cold air?
Warm Air
Cold Air
- 31. Multiple Choice
What is the ratio between how much moisture is in the air vs. how much there could be?
Relative Humidity
Dew Point
Absolute Humidity
Rain Probability
- 32. Multiple Choice
What happens when dew point and temperature are the same?
Relative humidity is 0%
Clear Skies
Water condenses and forms clouds/rain
Water evaporates
- 33. Multiple Choice
What direction do weather patterns move in the United States?
East to West
West to East
North to South
South to North
- 34. Multiple Choice
What global wind pattern do we live in?
Polar Easterlies
Westerlies
Tradewinds
- 35. Multiple Choice
What type of cloud creates thunderstorms?
Stratus
Cirrus
Cumulus
Cumulonimbus
- 36. Multiple Choice
What type of cloud acts like a blanket and covers the whole sky?
Stratus
Cirrus
Cumulus
Cumulonimbus
- 37. Multiple Choice
What type of cloud is very high up in the sky?
Stratus
Cirrus
Cumulus
Cumulonimbus
- 38. Multiple Choice
What does temperate climate mean?
Seasons
Cold all the time
Hot all the time
- 39. Multiple Choice
As elevation increases what happens to temperature? (Think of mountains)
Decreases
Increases
- 40. Multiple Choice
What side is the wet side of the mountain?
Windward
Leeward
- 41. Multiple Choice
What side is the dry side of the mountain?
Windward
Leeward
- 42. Multiple Choice
What type of breeze happens near the ocean at night?
Land Breeze
Sea Breeze
- 43. Multiple Choice
What type of breeze happens near the ocean during the day?
Land Breeze
Sea Breeze
- 44. Multiple Choice
What causes hail to grow large?
Downdrafts
Updrafts
Cold Temperatures
- 45. Multiple Choice
Why does a hurricane loose power when it hits land?
They have a time limit
They get stronger on land
Ocean provides needed moisture
- 46. Multiple Choice
Tornadoes are measured on what scale?
Fujita
Richter
Mercalli
None of the above
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