Exam 3: Introduction to the Atmosphere

________ is one of the gases that has a constant concentration in the lower atmosphere but is considered a "trace" gas.

With the exception of water vapor, ________ is the most plentiful of the variable gases in the atmosphere.

CFCs are very stable (do not break down) in the lower atmosphere.

A variable gas in the atmosphere nearly absent from the higher elevations is ________.

The segment of the atmosphere in which gases maintain an approximately uniform composition is the ________.

A "hole" in the ozone layer was first discovered over

The order of the atmospheric thermal layers from the surface up into the atmosphere is:

Air temperature, pressure, and moisture content are heavily influenced by the climatic control of altitude.

Some types of storms are prominent and frequent enough to be considered climatic controls.

The ________ is a deep layer of electrified particles.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of air?

Which of the following can be found lowest in the atmosphere?

The lower 80 kilometers or so in the atmosphere in which gases are found in uniform proportions is the ________.

________ is added to the atmosphere by the decay of organic matter and the chemical breakdown of rocks.

Auroral displays take place in the ionosphere.

There are certain semipermanent features or attributes of our atmosphere which cause weather and climate patterns. They are are often corporately referred to as ________.

Over warm oceans, water vapor is at its maximum and comprises about ________ percent of the volume of the atmosphere.

If only the troposphere existed, we would be adequately screened from ultraviolet radiation.

________ is one of the atmospheric thermal layers which includes the charged particles of the ionosphere.

Clouds owe their existence to the presence of atmospheric ________.