WGU C165 MODULE 11 EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025

WGU C165 MODULE 11
EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
atmosphere ( Correct answers ) A mixture of gases that surrounds a
planet or moon.
air density ( Correct answers ) The amount of air in a
certain space
Troposphere ( Correct answers ) The lowest layer of Earth's
atmosphere
Stratosphere ( Correct answers ) The second-lowest layer of Earth's
atmosphere;
ozone layer isthe
located in the upper
stratosphere.
ozone layer ( Correct answers ) a layer in the stratosphere (at
approximately
miles) that contains
20 a concentration of ozone sufficient to block and
absorbs most
ultraviolet radiation from the
sun
Mesosphere ( Correct answers ) 3rd layer of the atmosphere, shooting
stars are
Thermosphere ( Correct answers ) The uppermost layer of the
atmosphere, increases
temperature in which as altitude increases, polar lights and the
International Space
Station
is
Exosphere ( Correct answers ) the outermost region of a planet's
atmosphere. Space
atmospheric pressure ( Correct answers ) Force exerted by the weight
of the air
high pressure system ( Correct answers ) lower temperatures, clear skies,
very small
amount of
precipitation
low pressure system ( Correct answers ) a weather system that
usually brings
cloudiness and stormy
weather
convection cells ( Correct answers ) is a circulation pattern that forms
when
of warmtheair
rising
is balance by the sinking of
cold air.
Coriolis effect ( Correct answers ) Causes moving air and water to turn
left in thehemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphere due
southern
to Earth's
hemispher
e.



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