Exam 1: Earth and Its Atmosphere

On weather maps cold fronts are drawn ____.

Middle latitude cyclonic storms are also known as ____.

Our understanding of the atmosphere and how it produces weather is built on knowledge acquired and applied through the ____________________ .

Ultraviolet light from the sun destroys nitrous oxide.

Earth's earliest atmosphere was most likely composed of ____.

A(n)____________________ is an intense rotating column of air that extends downward from the base of a thunderstorm with a circulation reaching the ground.

The only substance near Earth's surface that is found naturally in the current atmosphere as a solid, liquid, and a gas is ____.

The temperature of the tropopause ____.

On a weather map, sharp changes in temperature, humidity, and wind direction are marked by ____.

On the basis of temperature, the layers of the atmosphere from the lowest layer to the highest are the thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere.

With regard to natural disasters, most people die from ____.

The main atmospheric component of the planet Mercury is CO₂.

The unit of pressure most commonly found on a surface weather map is ____.

Describe the various types of storms found in Earth's atmosphere.

In a volume of air near Earth's surface today, ____ occupies 78 percent and ____ nearly 21 percent.

Soil dust, salt from ocean waves, forest fire smoke, volcanic ash particles, and pollutants are some of the aerosols found in the atmosphere.

A geostationary satellite takes pictures of ____.

Describe the relationship between gravity and weight.

Briefly explain the difference between the concepts "weather" and "climate."

Fronts are a sharp change in temperature, humidity, and wind direction.