Earth's Spheres and Layers of the Atmosphere

Earth's Spheres

Multiple Choice

Most of the mass in Earth's atmosphere is found:

• In the exosphere.

• In the stratosphere.

• In the thermosphere.

• In the troposphere.

Multiple Choice

The ozone layer is a sublayer of the ________ layer.

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

The Cryosphere

Includes water in solid form (ice).

Examples: sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground.

Thus, there is a wide overlap with the hydrosphere.

Multiple Choice

What is a reservoir?

• Natural location where rocks are stored.

• Natural location where clouds are made.

• Natural location where water is stored.

Multiple Choice

The rock, dust, soil, and minerals of the Earth's solid crust and outer mantle make up the ____

• Biosphere
• Geosphere
• Cryosphere
• Atmosphere

Multiple Choice

The graph shows how temperature changes with altitude in the Earth's atmosphere. In the troposphere...

• Temperature decreases as altitude increases

• Temperature increases as altitude increases

• Temperature alternately increases and decreases as altitude increases

• Temperature stays the same as altitude increases