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Atmosphere Review
Test Description: End of the year review for concepts and key terms related to Earth's Atmosphere
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the main element that air is made of?
A
nitrogen
B
oxygen
C
carbon dioxide
D
hydrogen
2) What percentage of the air is made up of oxygen?
A
70%
B
21%
C
25%
D
78%
3) In which layer of the atmosphere does all weather occur?
A
thermosphere
B
exopsphere
C
troposphere
D
mesosphere
4) In which layer of the atmosphere would you find jet planes and the ozone layer?
A
mesosphere
B
thermosphere
C
stratosphere
D
troposphere
5) Which layer of the atmosphere is the most dense?
A
exosphere
B
stratosphere
C
thermosphere
D
troposphere
6) In which layer of the atmosphere do meteors burn up?
A
stratosphere
B
thermosphere
C
mesosphere
D
troposphere
7) What do scientists use to separate the layers of the atmosphere?
A
temperature
B
alphabetically
C
height
D
altitude
8) The result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on area is known as...
A
altitude
B
air pressure
C
pressure
D
density
9) What instrument is used to measure air pressure?
A
psychrometer
B
thermometer
C
barometer
D
anemometer
10) As altitude increases, air pressure
A
increases
B
decreases
C
remains the same
11) As air pressure increases, density
A
increases
B
decreases
C
remains the same
12) Measurements of carbon dioxide in the air taken over the past decade have shown
A
steady decline
B
slow increase
C
leveling off
D
dramatic increase
13) Atmospheric greenhouse gases help heat the atmosphere by:
A
Absorbing infrared radiation released by Earth
B
Increasing the amount of UV rays that reach the earth
C
Storing energy produced by human activity
D
Increasing the average density of air
14) Which of the following is one example of a Greenhouse Gas?
A
Carbon dioxide
B
water vapor
C
all of the above
D
methane
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