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Atmosphere and Volcanoes Prep 1

Matching questions about the Atmosphere and Volcanoes


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The Troposphere is thelowest layer of the atmosphere
The Stratosphere comes from theLatin to spread out
The temperature increases with thealtitude in the Thermosphere
The stratum that is in the middleMesosphere
This layer is ionized by solar radiationIonosphere
Subjected to solar windExosphere
The tropical rainforest has more kindsof trees than any other biome
The majority of outgoing infrared radiationis abosorbed by greenhouse gases
Adiabatic implies a change in temperaturewithout gain or loss of heat from outside the air parcel
Cold ocean currents flow fromthe high latitudes to the low latitudes
Warm ocean currents flow from thelow latitudes to high latitudes
Sea-floor spreading is part ofvulcanism
Obsidian has no crystal structuredue to rapid cooling
Viscosity is a measure offlow rates
Pillow lavas formed by the rapid surfacecooling of magma is contact with ocean water
The Andes Mountains are a good example ofa volcanic arc
A composite volcano has a summit cratercomposed of alternating layers of ash and lava
A shield volcano has very lowviscosity lava
A volcanic neck is made up ofhard rock
Vulcanism is the movement ofmolten rock
A dyke is composed ofintrusive igneous rock
The asthenosphere isplastic
A batholith is a massiveintrusion of magma
Adiabatic heating/cooling is dueto a change in air pressure
A compressed gasheats
An expanded gascools