Earth's Atmosphere Question Preview (ID: 41034)


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how high something is above Earth's surface
a) Altitude
b) Atmosphere
c) Aurora Borealis
d) Ionosphere

all of the air surrounding the Earth
a) Atmosphere
b) Ozone Layer
c) Mesosphere
d) Thermosphere

A layer of ozone gas in the atmosphere that screens out much of the Sun’s UV (ultraviolet) rays.
a) Ozone Layer
b) Mesosphere
c) Ionosphere
d) Atmosphere

the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth’s surface.
a) Troposphere
b) Thermosphere
c) Atmosphere
d) Mesosphere

the second layer of the Earth's atmosphere. Many airplanes fly here, because it is very stable. Also, the ozone layer absorbs harmful rays from the Sun.
a) Stratosphere
b) Ionosphere
c) Exosphere
d) Troposphere

the third layer of the Earth's atmosphere. Meteors or rock fragments burn up here
a) Mesosphere
b) Ionosphere
c) Troposphere
d) Aurora Borealis

the fourth layer of the Earth's atmosphere. The Auroras occur here.
a) Thermosphere
b) Mesosphere
c) Ionosphere
d) Exosphere

the fifth and last layer of the Earth's atmosphere. This is the layer where the atmosphere merges into space. This layer is extremely thin.
a) Exosphere
b) ionosphere
c) Mesosphere
d) Troposphere

It’s often called the northern lights. It occurs 50 to 100 miles above the earth, when energetic particles from a solar storm cause the gases in the upper atmosphere to glow
a) Aurora Borealis
b) Exosphere
c) Troposphere
d) Mesosphere

(Located in the Thermosphere) starts at about 43-50 miles high and continues for hundreds of miles
a) Ionosphere
b) Atmosphere
c) Troposphere
d) Mesosphere

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