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,Chapter 01 - Earth and Its AtmosphereTrue / False
These sayings are based on close observations, and most likely have some truths in them, but they are not based on the
scientific method.
1. Sayings about the weather, such as “red sky at morning, sailor take warning; red sky at night, sailor’s delight” are based
on the scientific method.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Atmosphere and the Scientific Method
PREFACE NAME: Scientific method
LEARNING OBJECTI METT.AHRE.16.1.1 - Outline the scientific method and describe how it can be applied to studying
VES: the atmosphere and weather.
OTHER: Bloom's: Understand
2. Earth’s second atmosphere was more dense than its first atmosphere (which formed some 4.6 billion years ago), and
developed through the impact of a series of meteorites.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Overview of Earth's Atmosphere
LEARNING OBJECTIV METT.AHRE.16.1.2 - Compare and contrast the composition of Earth's atmosphere over the
ES: course of its evolution.
OTHER: Bloom's: Understand
3. Photodissociation is a process that splits water vapor into oxygen and hydrogen atoms.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Overview of Earth's Atmosphere
LEARNING OBJECTIV METT.AHRE.16.1.2 - Compare and contrast the composition of Earth's atmosphere over the
ES: course of its evolution.
OTHER: Bloom's: Understand
4. Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring component of the atmosphere.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Overview of Earth's Atmosphere
LEARNING OBJE METT.AHRE.16.1.3 - Explain the role of gases (including water vapor, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and
CTIVES: other greenhouse gases) and pollutants in Earth's atmosphere and assess their impact on Earth's
climate.
OTHER: Bloom's: Understand
5. The ozone hole is an actual hole in the atmosphere, a region of complete vacuum.
a. True
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b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Overview of Earth’s Atmosphere
LEARNING OBJE METT.AHRE.16.1.3 - Explain the role of gases (including water vapor, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and
CTIVES: other greenhouse gases) and pollutants in Earth's atmosphere and assess their impact on Earth's
climate.
OTHER: Bloom's: Remember
6. Of the four most abundant gases in our atmosphere, water vapor shows the greatest variation at Earth’s surface?
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Overview of Earth's Atmosphere
LEARNING OBJE METT.AHRE.16.1.3 - Explain the role of gases (including water vapor, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and
CTIVES: other greenhouse gases) and pollutants in Earth's atmosphere and assess their impact on Earth's
climate.
OTHER: Bloom's: Understand
7. Soil dust, salt from ocean waves, forest fire smoke, volcanic ash particles, and pollutants are some of the aerosols found
in the atmosphere.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Overview of Earth's Atmosphere
LEARNING OBJE METT.AHRE.16.1.3 - Explain the role of gases (including water vapor, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and
CTIVES: other greenhouse gases) and pollutants in Earth's atmosphere and assess their impact on Earth's
climate.
OTHER: Bloom's: Understand
8. On the basis of temperature, the layers of the atmosphere from the lowest layer to the highest are the thermosphere,
mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere
LEARNING OBJE METT.AHRE.16.1.5 - Label the layers of the atmosphere and their altitudes, and classify their
CTIVES: respective temperatures, compositions, and functions.
OTHER: Bloom's: Remember
9. On average, temperature increases from the surface to the tropopause (around 10 km, then decreases to the stratopause
(around 50 km), then decreases to the mesopause (around 90 km), then increases through the thermosphere.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere
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LEARNING OBJE METT.AHRE.16.1.5 - Label the layers of the atmosphere and their altitudes, and classify their
CTIVES: respective temperatures, compositions, and functions.
OTHER: Bloom's: Remember
10. Someone who says that “the wind direction today is south” likely means that the wind is blowing toward the south.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Weather and Climate
LEARNING OBJEC METT.AHRE.16.1.7 - Interpret and describe a weather map, applying weather patterns and concepts
TIVES: such as low, high, front, and storm types.
OTHER: Bloom's: Understand
11. Fronts are a sharp change in temperature, humidity, and wind direction.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Weather and Climate
LEARNING OBJEC METT.AHRE.16.1.7 - Interpret and describe a weather map, applying weather patterns and concepts
TIVES: such as low, high, front, and storm types.
OTHER: Bloom's: Understand
12. Meteorology is the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena. The term itself goes back to a Roman emperor who,
about 12 B.C., wrote a book on natural philosophy entitled Meteorologica.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Weather and Climate
LEARNING OBJE METT.AHRE.16.1.6 - Differentiate between weather and climate, and briefly discuss the history of
CTIVES: meteorology and its most important milestones.
OTHER: Bloom's: Understand
13. Weather in the middle latitudes tends to move from east to west.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Weather and Climate
LEARNING OBJEC METT.AHRE.16.1.7 - Interpret and describe a weather map, applying weather patterns and concepts
TIVES: such as low, high, front, and storm types.
OTHER: Bloom's: Understand
14. Storms rank in size from largest to smallest, as follows: middle-latitude cyclonic storm, hurricane, thunderstorm,
tornado.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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