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The _____________ is responsible for many of the natural processes on Earth, including the water cycle.
a) ocean
b) atmosphere
c) moon
d) sun

The atmosphere is a thin layer of...
a) gases
b) liquids
c) solids
d)

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
a) exosphere
b) troposphere
c) stratosphere
d) thermosphere

Ozone helps to block these waves...
a) ultraviolet
b) radio
c) infrared
d) gamma

Terrible students make teachers explode helps us remember...
a) the metric prefixes
b) the layers of the atmosphere
c) the planets in order
d)

Ozone is made up of __________ oxygen atoms.
a) 3
b) 2
c) 1
d) 5

The height above sea level is...
a) attitude
b) altitude
c) skyline
d) air pressure

The amount of matter is called
a) altitude
b) gravity
c) mass
d) intertia

About what percentage of our atmosphere is oxygen?
a) 78%
b) 1%
c) 21%
d) 100%

The ionosphere has what kind of particles?
a) charged
b) uncharged
c)
d)

The main gas in our atmosphere is...
a) Oxygen
b) water vapor
c) Nitrogen
d) Argon

In which layer of the atmosphere do meteors burn up?
a) stratosphere
b) mesosphere
c) ionosphere
d) exosphere

What is the name of the middle layer of the atmosphere?
a) mesosphere
b) stratosphere
c) thermosphere
d) troposphere

Which is not a major type of cloud?
a) convection
b) cirrus
c) stratus
d) cumulus

Which process related to the water cycle produces clouds?
a) melting
b) evaporation
c) condensation
d) precipitation

Which weather instrument is used to measure wind speed?
a) wind vane
b) thermometer
c) anemometer
d) barometer

Which clouds would best be described as high, thin, white, and feathery?
a) cumulonimbus
b) cirrus
c) stratus
d) cumulus

Which layer of the atmosphere is where the Hubble telescope, satellites, and space station orbit?
a) exosphere
b) outer space sphere
c) getouttahere
d) thermosphere

Which weather instrument measures air or atmospheric pressure?
a) rain gauge
b) hygrometer
c) thermometer
d) barometer

Volcanic eruptions and forest fires are 2 natural events that pollute the air.
a) True
b) False
c) Somewhat true
d)

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