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Why is ozone importantt?
a) It protects us from ultraviolet radiation
b) It protects us from meteors
c) It provides us oxygen
d) It isn't really important

Where is most ozone found?
a) stratosphere
b) troposphere
c) mesosphere
d) thermosphere

The coldest layer is the ____________
a) mesosphere
b) troposphere
c) thermosphere
d) stratosphere

Describe what happens to the temperature in the troposphere.
a) It decreases
b) it increases
c) it decreases and then increases
d) it increases and then decreases

What is the correct order of the layers of the atmosphere starting at the ground
a) troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
b) troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, exosphere
c) troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
d) troposphere, thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, exosphere

Why is it difficult to breathe when you go to the top of a very tall mountain?
a) The air is thinner and less dense
b) There is too much nitrogen
c) The air is thinner and more dense
d) It is colder

Mass is _____________
a) the amount of matter in an object
b) the amount of space an object takes up
c) the amount of gravity on an object
d) the same thing as weight

Weather occurs in the _______________
a) troposphere
b) stratosphere
c) mesosphere
d) thermosphere

Heat transfer by direct contact.
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d) density

Heat transfer by electromagnetic waves
a) radiation
b) conduction
c) convection
d) kinetic

Heat transfer through a liquid or a gas
a) convection
b) radiation
c) conduction
d) fluids

Touching a hot plate is an example of __________.
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d) kinetic energy

Sitting by a campfire and feeling the warmth is an example of _____.
a) radiation
b) conduction
c) convection
d) air currents

Water boiling in a pan is an example of ______
a) convection
b) conduction
c) radiation
d) heat

The ground being warmed by the sun is an example of _______
a) radiation
b) conduction
c) convection
d) heat

Warm air rising and cold air sinking in the atmosphere is _________.
a) convection
b) conduction
c) radiation
d) heat

Conduction occurs in the atmosphere where ________
a) air touches ground
b) sunlight moves in waves
c) warm air rises
d) there is no conduction

The kinetic theory states that all things are made of _________ and all particles ____________.
a) particles, move
b) energy, move
c) energy, are dense
d) volume, move

Particles with more energy move _________
a) faster
b) slower
c) the same speed
d) up and down

Particles with less energy move _________.
a) slower
b) faster
c) the same speed
d) side to side

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