EARTH SCIENCE EXAM 2 QUESTION WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWER 2025/2026
Carbon, water vapor, and methane are? - Greenhouse gases
Average state of the atmosphere over a region or interval of time - Climate
description of the atmosphere at a specific time and place - Weather
True or False: Radiation given off by the earth has a longer wavelength than that given off by the sun
- True
Which gas varies the most in composition of the atmosphere? - water vapor
What is pressure? - force applied over an area
What are the effects of acid rain? - Leaches nutrients from soil, changes pH of ground water, stresses
plants
True or False: All aerosols are solids that remain suspended in the air - False
True or False: Greenhouse gases absorb the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum - True
What type of energy flows from warm to cool objects? - Heat
Which is true about Ozone? - Component of smog, absorbs UV, consists of 3 oxygen atoms, (NOT
only located in the stratosphere)
Which cloud consists only of ice crystals and forms a thin veil across the sky? - Cirrostratus
True or False: Relative humidity can never exceed 100% in the atmosphere - False
True or False: Halos are the result of light refracting through ice crystals - True
ANSWER 2025/2026
Carbon, water vapor, and methane are? - Greenhouse gases
Average state of the atmosphere over a region or interval of time - Climate
description of the atmosphere at a specific time and place - Weather
True or False: Radiation given off by the earth has a longer wavelength than that given off by the sun
- True
Which gas varies the most in composition of the atmosphere? - water vapor
What is pressure? - force applied over an area
What are the effects of acid rain? - Leaches nutrients from soil, changes pH of ground water, stresses
plants
True or False: All aerosols are solids that remain suspended in the air - False
True or False: Greenhouse gases absorb the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum - True
What type of energy flows from warm to cool objects? - Heat
Which is true about Ozone? - Component of smog, absorbs UV, consists of 3 oxygen atoms, (NOT
only located in the stratosphere)
Which cloud consists only of ice crystals and forms a thin veil across the sky? - Cirrostratus
True or False: Relative humidity can never exceed 100% in the atmosphere - False
True or False: Halos are the result of light refracting through ice crystals - True
