5 Written Questions

1. this pressure difference causes the dense, cool air of the valleys to move up along the hillsides, creating a
2. scientists often refer to the lower atmosphere
3. currents set into motion by this process (convection)
4. the meridians are used to measure distance east or west, which runs trough Greenwich, England
5. in the days of sailing vessels, this zone was known as the ____ because sailing ships were often becalmed there

5 Matching Questions

1. stratosphere stretches from the
2. land breeze
3. trade winds
4. homo (means)
5. water vapor

1. a difference in pressure causes a cool, gentle wind called a ________ to blow from the land to the sea
2. b same or uniform
3. c the surface winds which blow toward ther equator from the high-pressure regions of the horse latitudes are called
4. d the gaseous form of water, compses up to 4% of air depending on humidity and altitude
5. e tropopause to an altitude of about 30 miles

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the earth receives about 7% more insolation at its colsest point to the sun
   1. aphelion
   2. radiation
   3. perihelion
   4. convection
2. the layer immediately above the tropopause
   1. homosphere
   2. troposphere
   3. thermosphere
   4. stratosphere
3. these winds lag behind the earth's rotation so that they blow out of the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and out of the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere together they are called
   1. horse latitudes
   2. perihelion
   3. polar easterlies
   4. prevailing westerlies
4. uniform mixture of gases
   1. mesosphere (means)
   2. heterosphere is charaterized by
   3. homosphere
   4. homosphere consists of a fairly
5. the way in which the earth's rotation causes a change in the course of the winds is known as the
   1. Coriolis effect
   2. greenhouse effect
   3. monsoon effect
   4. frigid layer

5 True/False Question

1. monsoon effect → the way in which the earth's rotation causes a change in the course of the winds is known as the
   

   True        False

2. radiation → heat can also be transferred by _______ direct contact between two objects
   

   True        False

3. ozone layer → stratopause the temperature begins to drop on ce more as altitude increases
   

   True        False

4. sea breeze → difference in pressure causes a cool, gentle wind called a ________ to blow from the land to the sea
   

   True        False

5. troposphere → the layer immediately above the tropopause
   

   True        False