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Met Quiz 1 Answers
Met 1 Answers
Question | Answer |
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Q1 Meteorology is the study of ______________ | weather or our atmosphere |
Q2 What the air is doing at a specific place at a specific time is known as ______________ | weather |
Q3 The Earth's main source of heat energy is ______________ | sun |
Q4 List the 6 layers of the Earth's atmosphere and beyond in order | Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere |
Q5 The constant rising of warm air and falling of cool air is what causes the changing ______________ | weather |
Q6 The mixture of gases, solids and liquids that surround and protect the Earth is called the Earth's __________ | atmosphere |
Q7 How far from the ground an object is, is that object's _____________ | altitude |
Q8 The two most abundant gases in the Earth's atmosphere are _____________ and _____________ | nitrogen and oxygen |
Q9 The Stratosphere's temperature increases with altitude because it contains ______________ | ozone |
Q10 The atmospheric layer that weather occurs in is ______________ | troposphere |
Q11 Which atmospheric layer contains electrically charged particles that result in seeing lights in the sky | ionosphere |
Q12 The ozone layer is found in which atmospheric layer | stratosphere |
Q13 How many oxygens are in an ion | one |
Q14 How many oxygens are in the air we breathe | two |
Q15 How many oxygens are in ozone | three |
Q16 Which layer is not part of our atmosphere because it is outer space | exosphere |
Q17 Which atmospheric layer is the Earth's last layer | thermosphere |
Q18 Which atmospheric layer is the coldest and windiest | mesosphere |