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Layers Of The Atmosphere
Test Description: Composition of the atmosphere and various layers
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What holds the atmosphere around the Earth?
A
The oceans
B
Earths gravity
C
The sun
D
Air pressure
2) What gas makes up the majority of earths atmosphere?
A
Zenon
B
Carbon dioxide
C
Oxygen
D
Nitrogen
3) What is the name of the atmospheric layer in which we live?
A
Ionosphere
B
Troposphere
C
Mesosphere
D
Exosphere
4) As you rise up in altitude in the troposphere, what happens to the temperature?
A
Randomly changes
B
Stays the same
C
Increases
D
Decreases
5) What happens to the temperature as you rise in altitude in the stratosphere?
A
Increase
B
Stays the same
C
Randomly changes
D
Decreases
6) What is responsible for the temperature change in the stratosphere?
A
The moon
B
The clouds
C
The sun
D
The Ozone layer
7) What happens to the temperature as you rise in altitude in the mesosphere?
A
Decreases
B
Goes up and down
C
Nothing
D
Increases
8) The mesosphere protects us from...
A
Gamma rays
B
Meteors
C
X-rays
D
UV rays
9) What layer of the atmosphere has a very high temperature, but would feel very cold?
A
Stratosphere
B
Thermosphere
C
Mesosphere
D
Troposphere
10) Where is the stratopause
A
between the mesosphere and thermosphere
B
below the troposphere
C
between the troposphere and stratosphere
D
between the stratosphere and mesosphere
11) What happens to air pressure as you rise in the atmosphere
A
decreases
B
goes up and down
C
stays the same
D
increases
12) In what layer does all of earths weather occur?
A
Thermosphere
B
Mesosphere
C
Troposphere
D
Stratosphere
13) What layer does Mt. Everest reach up into?
A
Troposphere
B
Stratosphere
C
Mesosphere
D
Exosphere
14) In what layer do commercial jets fly in?
A
Mesosphere
B
Thermosphere
C
Stratosphere
D
Tropsphere
15) What part of the stratosphere protects us from UV rays
A
Ozone layer
B
Stratopause
C
Ionosphere
D
Exosphere
16) Why does the pressure change as you rise in the atmosphere?
A
Because there are more molecules as you rise
B
Because the air becomes denser as you rise
C
Because there are less molecules as you rise
D
Because there is more oxygen as you rise
17) Approximately how high up does the troposphere go?
A
6 miles
B
10 miles
C
100 Km
D
20 Km
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