Unit 4, Quiz 1 Review lesson

​Let's practice reading this graph again...

What is the graph showing?

What are the main parts of the graph?

Multiple Choice

In what layer of the atmosphere do all weather events occur?

• Stratosphere (2nd layer)

• Thermosphere (outer most layer)

• Mesosphere (middle layer)

• Troposphere

  (the lowest layer)

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of Earth's atmosphere?

• To increase the temperature for life on Earth

• To limit the population for life on Earth

• To reduce the temperature for life on Earth

• To make conditions suitable for life on Earth

Multiple Choice

Why is the ozone layer vital to life on Earth?

• Planes fly in the ozone layer

• It is made up of oxygen (O₂)

• It shields the Earth from ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun

• It causes clouds to be created

Multiple Select

In which two layers of the atmosphere is temperature increasing?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Multiple Select

In which two layers of the atmosphere is temperature decreasing?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Multiple Choice

What layer of the atmosphere has the highest air pressure?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

Multiple Choice

As altitude increases, air pressure....

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

• Goes up and down

Multiple Choice

78% of the Earth's atmosphere is ___________ and 21% of the Earth's atmosphere is _____________.

• Oxygen, Nitrogen

• Nitrogen, Oxygen

• Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide

Multiple Choice

The gas that is most abundant in the atmosphere is

• oxygen
• nitrogen
• carbon dioxide
• argon

Multiple Choice

The gas that is the second most abundant in the atmosphere is

• oxygen
• nitrogen
• carbon dioxide
• argon

Multiple Choice

What is it called when the atmosphere traps the sun's radiation and heats the planet?

• The Greenhouse Effect

• Solar Energy

• Diffraction

• Tranmission

Multiple Choice

True or False: All of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: Some of the radiation from the Sun is reflected by the atmosphere back into space.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: Some of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the surface of the Earth, and then re-radiated back into the atmosphere.

• True
• False