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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
hydrogen
C
oxygen
D
carbon dioxide
2) What percentage of the air is made up of oxygen?
A
21%
B
78%
C
25%
D
70%
3) In which layer of the atmosphere does all weather occur?
A
thermosphere
B
mesosphere
C
exopsphere
D
troposphere
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
troposphere
B
exosphere
C
stratosphere
D
thermosphere
6) In which layer of the atmosphere do meteors burn up?
A
stratosphere
B
troposphere
C
mesosphere
D
thermosphere
7) What do scientists use to separate the layers of the atmosphere?
A
altitude
B
temperature
C
alphabetically
D
height
8) The result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on area is known as...
A
air pressure
B
density
C
pressure
D
altitude
9) What instrument is used to measure air pressure?
A
anemometer
B
thermometer
C
barometer
D
psychrometer
10) As altitude increases, air pressure
A
decreases
B
remains the same
C
increases
11) As air pressure increases, density
A
increases
B
remains the same
C
decreases
12) Measurements of carbon dioxide in the air taken over the past decade have shown
A
slow increase
B
leveling off
C
steady decline
D
dramatic increase
13) Atmospheric greenhouse gases help heat the atmosphere by:
A
Storing energy produced by human activity
B
Increasing the amount of UV rays that reach the earth
C
Absorbing infrared radiation released by Earth
D
Increasing the average density of air
14) Which of the following is one example of a Greenhouse Gas?
A
Carbon dioxide
B
methane
C
water vapor
D
all of the above
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