Atmosphere Review Question Preview (ID: 37237)


End Of The Year Review For Concepts And Key Terms Related To Earth's Atmosphere. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What is the main element that air is made of?
a) nitrogen
b) oxygen
c) hydrogen
d) carbon dioxide

What percentage of the air is made up of oxygen?
a) 78%
b) 70%
c) 21%
d) 25%

In which layer of the atmosphere does all weather occur?
a) mesosphere
b) thermosphere
c) exopsphere
d) troposphere

In which layer of the atmosphere would you find jet planes and the ozone layer?
a) troposphere
b) stratosphere
c) mesosphere
d) thermosphere

Which layer of the atmosphere is the most dense?
a) exosphere
b) thermosphere
c) stratosphere
d) troposphere

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

What do scientists use to separate the layers of the atmosphere?
a) temperature
b) height
c) alphabetically
d) altitude

The result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on area is known as...
a) pressure
b) density
c) altitude
d) air pressure

What instrument is used to measure air pressure?
a) thermometer
b) anemometer
c) psychrometer
d) barometer

As altitude increases, air pressure
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains the same
d)

As air pressure increases, density
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains the same
d)

Measurements of carbon dioxide in the air taken over the past decade have shown
a) leveling off
b) slow increase
c) steady decline
d) dramatic increase

Atmospheric greenhouse gases help heat the atmosphere by:
a) Increasing the amount of UV rays that reach the earth
b) Storing energy produced by human activity
c) Absorbing infrared radiation released by Earth
d) Increasing the average density of air

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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