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Layers of the Atmosphere
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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Date
Instructor name: Amanda Burns
1. How much of our atmosphere is oxygen?
a) 5%
b) 21%
c) 78%
d) 50%
e) 1%
2.
What would be the effect on the particles in the animation if more heat is supplied to the system?
a) There would be no effect.
b) They would speed up.
c) They would slow down.
d) They would stop moving completely.
3. What gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere?
a) Oxygen
b) Nitrogen
c) Carbon Dioxide
d) Ozone
4. Where is most of the water vapor in our atmosphere?
a) Thermosphere
b) Stratosphere
c) Exosphere
d) Mesosphere
e) Troposphere
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5. Which layer of the atmosphere helps us by burning up incoming meteors?
a) exosphere
b) troposphere
c) thermosphere
d) mesosphere
6. Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
a) troposphere
b) stratosphere
c) thermosphere
d) methosphere
7. Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
a) thermosphere
b) mesosphere
c) stratosphere
d) tropsophere
8. As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature _______________.
a) decreases
b) gets very hot
c) stays the same
d) increases
9. What does the ozone layer do for us?
a) blocks UV rays from getting to Earth
b) burns up meteors
c) keeps us warm
d) keeps oxygen in
10. Where are clouds located?
a) troposphere
b) stratosphere
c) thermosphere
d) ionosphere
e) mesosphere
11. Which layer is the outermost layer?
a) magnetosphere
b) troposphere
c) exosphere
d) thermosphere
e) mesosphere
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12. Which layers of the atmosphere have a temperature that INCREASES as the altitude increases?
Check all that apply.
a) stratosphere
b) mesosphere
c) troposphere
d) thermosphere
13. Reorder the following layers from the Earth's surface up:
a) thermosphere
b) mesosphere
c) troposphere
d) stratosphere
e) exosphere
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
14. The auroras occur in this layer
a) Exosphere
b) Stratosphere
c) Thermosphere
d) Mesosphere
e) Troposphere
15. The boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere is the ​(a)
.
Choose from the below words
Tropopause
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Mesopause
Stratopause
Thermopause
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16. Where is the Karman line located?
a) troposphere
b) stratosphere
c) mesosphere
d) exosphere
e) thermosphere
17. Challenge Q! Roughly where does the troposphere end?
a) 5 km up
b) 10 km up
c) 15 km up
d) 100 km up
e) 20 km up
18. Which layers of the atmosphere does the ionosphere overlap with? Select all that apply.
a) stratosphere
b) thermosphere
c) exosphere
d) mesosphere
e) troposphere
19. What two components make up the magnetosphere? Select TWO answers.
a) ionosphere
b) auroras
c) Earth's magnetic field
d) thermosphere
e) solar wind
20. Which layer has the coldest temperatures?
a) troposphere
b) stratosphere
c) exosphere
d) mesosphere
e) thermosphere
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