ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE UNIT 2 TEST- ATMOSPHERE
(ATMOSPHERE/CLIMATE CHANGE)
Matching: 2 pts each
A) Relative Humidity B) Convection Current C) Greenhouse Effect D) Carbon footprint
E) Wind F) Front G) Secondary air pollutants H) Latitude
I) Models J) Radiation
1. The ratio of water vapor in air to the maximum amount the same air could contain at the same
temperature
2. Formed when primary pollutants react chemically with other substances; example: sulfuric acid
3. A natural process in which greenhouse gases absorb heat and release it slowly back into the
atmosphere
4. Cause wind and heat to move through the atmosphere
5. A measure of a place’s distance from the equator.
6. The amount of carbon dioxide for which an individual or group is responsible
7. The transfer of energy through space, such as heat from the sun to Earth’s atmosphere
8. Used to make predictions about future climates.
9. Caused by convection currents resulting from rising warm air and falling cool air
10. Boundaries between air masses of different properties
True/False: 2 pts each
11. More than 4000 people in London died during a “killer smog” event in 1952.
12. Fossil fuel combustion generates 70% of the electricity used in the United States
13. Human sources of air pollution examples are: Windblown dust, particles in volcanic eruptions,
smoke and soot from fire
14. Without greenhouse gases, Earth would be too cold to support life.
15. In 2003, a severe heat wave in Canada killed 35,000 people
Multiple Choice: 3 pts each
16. The composition of gases in the atmosphere are :
A) 68% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 11% other gases B) 78% Nitrogen, 13% Oxygen, 9% other gases
C) 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% other gases D) 58% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 21% other gases
17. Which statement below DOES NOT apply to the Kyoto Protocol?
A) International effort to reduce greenhouse gases B) Signed by the United States
C) Cooperation among many nations D) A response to climate change
18. Choose all items that are evidence of Earth warming:
A) Rising global surface temperatures B) Changes in precipitation patterns
C) Rising gas prices D) Melting ice (glaciers, polar ice)
19. The increase in greenhouse gases is mainly due
A) Both B and C B) burning fossil fuels
C) changes in land use D) increase in ocean salinity
20. Which of the following are characteristics of a cold front? Select all that apply
A) Boundary along which a mass of cooler, drier air pushes against a mass of warmer,
moister air
B) Can produce light precipitation
C) Can produce heavy precipitation
D) Contains drier air
21. When heat is transferred directly between two objects that are in contact, the following process
occurs
A) Radiation B) Solar Electric Energy
C) Convection D) Conduction
22. Which of the following is NOT an example of air pollution affecting your health?:
A) Asthma B) Carbon dioxide oxygen interference
C) Cancer D) Lung irritation
23. Which of the following is a strategy for reducing greenhouse gases?
A) Reduce soil erosion B) Impose a carbon tax
C) A, B and D D) Use technology to trap emissions
24. The second largest source of greenhouse gas emission in the United States is attributed to
A) Electricity usage B) Transportation usage
C) Human intervention D) The Kyoto Protocol
25. What results from a layer of warmer air sitting over a layer of cooler air, that traps pollution near
Earth’s surface.
A) Temperature Inversion B) Warm Front
C) Smog D) Ozone
26. Disease transmission, sea level increase and saltwater contamination are all examples of:
A) Effects of Temperature Inversion B) Effects of Growing Populations
C) Effects of Habitat Shifts D) Effects of Climate Change
27. Photochemical smog is mostly tropospheric ozone created when primary pollutants from ______
A) smoke combine with fog B) Vehicle exhaust react with sunlight
C) soot, sulfur and water vapor combine D) Mixtures of pollution
28. This gas is a pollutant in the troposphere, but in the stratosphere it creates a protective barrier
against UV radiation.
A) Carbon Dioxide B) Carbon Monoxide
C) Ozone D) Nitrogen
29. Ocean algae and coral are being eliminated by a process called:
A) Coral bleaching B) Ocean Desalinization
C) Ocean Acidity D) Coral Toxicity
30. Organisms are effected by climate change in the following manner:
A) Organisms are moving to lower altitudes
B) Habitats shifts toward warmer areas
C) Polar bears are able to hunt more seals
D) Migrations start earlier in the spring
31. Which of the following DOES NOT affect climate change
A) Wind B) Volcanoes
C) Seasons D) Latitude
32. The Clean Air Act that protects humans and the environment include:
1. prevents funding for pollution control
2. limiting emissions of pollutants
3. providing legal actions
A) 1 and 2 B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3 D) 1,2,3
33. Movements of currents within a fluid can cause a transfer of heat. This process is called
A) Convection B) Conduction
C) Condensation D) Composition
34. Which of the following is harmed by acid deposition?
A) Forests B) Lakes
C) Human Structures D) all of the above
35. In general, the greater the latitude, the cooler a location’s overall climate will be.
A) the more seasons a location will have
B) the warmer a location’s overall climate will be
C) the cooler a location’s overall climate will be
D) the less seasons a location will have
Short Answer: 5 pts each
36. List five alternate sources of electricity
37. List the four layers of the atmosphere in the following order: closest- farthest from Earth’s surface
KEY:
Matching 2 pts
1. A-Relative Humidity
2. G-Secondary air pollutants
3.C- Greenhouse Effect
4. B-Convection Current
5. H-Latitude
6. D-Carbon footprint
7. J-Radiation
8. I-Models
9. E-Wind
10. F-Front
True /False 2 pts
11. T
12. T
13. F
14. T
15. F
Multiple Choice 3pts
16.C
17. B
18. A, B, D
19. A
20. A,C
21. D
22. B
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. D
27. B
28. C
29. A
30. D
31. C
32. B
33. A
34. D
35. C
Short Answer 5pts
36. Nuclear power, Solar power, Wind power, Hydroelectric power, Geothermal power
37. Troposhere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
