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Composition Of The Atmosphere And Various Layers.
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What holds the atmosphere around the Earth?
a) The oceans
b) The sun
c) Air pressure
d) Earths gravity
What gas makes up the majority of earths atmosphere?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Nitrogen
c) Oxygen
d) Zenon
What is the name of the atmospheric layer in which we live?
a) Troposphere
b) Mesosphere
c) Exosphere
d) Ionosphere
As you rise up in altitude in the troposphere, what happens to the temperature?
a) Increases
b) Stays the same
c) Randomly changes
d) Decreases
What happens to the temperature as you rise in altitude in the stratosphere?
a) Increase
b) Stays the same
c) Randomly changes
d) Decreases
What is responsible for the temperature change in the stratosphere?
a) The clouds
b) The sun
c) The Ozone layer
d) The moon
What happens to the temperature as you rise in altitude in the mesosphere?
a) Decreases
b) Increases
c) Nothing
d) Goes up and down
The mesosphere protects us from...
a) Gamma rays
b) UV rays
c) X-rays
d) Meteors
What layer of the atmosphere has a very high temperature, but would feel very cold?
a) Troposphere
b) Thermosphere
c) Stratosphere
d) Mesosphere
Where is the stratopause
a) between the troposphere and stratosphere
b) between the stratosphere and mesosphere
c) between the mesosphere and thermosphere
d) below the troposphere
What happens to air pressure as you rise in the atmosphere
a) decreases
b) increases
c) stays the same
d) goes up and down
In what layer does all of earths weather occur?
a) Thermosphere
b) Mesosphere
c) Stratosphere
d) Troposphere
What layer does Mt. Everest reach up into?
a) Troposphere
b) Exosphere
c) Mesosphere
d) Stratosphere
In what layer do commercial jets fly in?
a) Tropsphere
b) Stratosphere
c) Mesosphere
d) Thermosphere
What part of the stratosphere protects us from UV rays
a) Ionosphere
b) Exosphere
c) Ozone layer
d) Stratopause
Why does the pressure change as you rise in the atmosphere?
a) Because there are less molecules as you rise
b) Because there are more molecules as you rise
c) Because the air becomes denser as you rise
d) Because there is more oxygen as you rise
Approximately how high up does the troposphere go?
a) 20 Km
b) 6 miles
c) 10 miles
d) 100 Km
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