Intro to Atmosphere Notes & Questions

Atmosphere Notes

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As the planet formed, the atmosphere was mostly Hydrogen and Helium.

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​The First Atmosphere

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Multiple Choice

Which type of gas goes in box 1 (represented by the purple part of the pie)?

• Nitrogen
• Argon
• Carbon Dioxide
• Helium
• Hydrogen

Multiple Choice

Which type of gas goes in box 2 (represented by the blue part of the pie)?

• Oxygen
• Argon
• Carbon Dioxide
• Helium
• Hydrogen

Multiple Choice

Which type of gas goes in box 3 (represented by the yellow part of the pie)?

• Argon
• Carbon Dioxide
• Helium
• Hydrogen
• Krypton

Multiple Choice

Which type of trace gas goes in box 4 (represented by the teal part of the pie)?

• Carbon Dioxide
• Argon
• Helium
• Hydrogen
• Krypton

Multiple Choice

Which type of trace gas goes in box 5 (represented by the brown part of the pie)?

• Neon
• Argon
• Carbon Dioxide
• Helium
• Hydrogen

Open Ended

Using the graph and your notes, what 2 elements composted a majority of Earth's first atmosphere?

Open Ended

Using your notes, explain the decrease in water in Earth's early atmosphere?

Open Ended

Using your notes, explain the decrease in carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere?

Open Ended

Using your notes, explain the increase in oxygen in Earth's atmosphere?

Open Ended

Use the reading in the picture. Why is the atmosphere important?

Open Ended

What are the 4 main greenhouse gasses?

Open Ended

What are the 4 pollutants listed that contribute to air pollution?

Open Ended

What is the effect of acid rain on the environment?

Open Ended

Why is the ozone hole a concern; what does it do for us?

Open Ended

What is causing the hole in the ozone layer?

These are review questions.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a biotic factor?

• Protozoa

• a rock

• a snail

• a mushroom

Multiple Choice

A group of organisms that are genetically related, look similar, reproduce and share resources in one area are a ________________.

• community

• ecosystem

• biome

• species

Multiple Choice

How much of the energy from one level of a food chain is available to the next level?

• 0%

• 10%

• 50%

• 100%

Multiple Choice

What types of organisms break down dead matter into smaller molecules?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

Multiple Choice

The arrows in a food chain show:

• What eats what.

• all the possibilities that an organism might eat

• how energy flows through the ecosystem

• All of these are correct

Multiple Choice

Why is biodiversity important?

• Stability of an ecosystem

• Sustainability of a population

• A healthy ecosystem

• All of these are correct

Multiple Choice

"Bio-" means

• life

• water

• Earth

• air

Multiple Choice

How much of Earth's water is unavailable for humans to consume due to its high salinity? 

• 3%
• 23%
• 77%
• 97%

Multiple Choice

Why must humans clean water before using it? 

• Humans are unable to digest untreated river water
• River water is free of any contaminant or pollutants
• Untreated river water is brown and humans prefer clear water
• Clear water may contain contaminants that could harm humans
  

Multiple Choice

How does the amount of water circulating in the water cycle change?

• The amount of water remains constant
• The amount of water increases each time it rains
• he amount of water decreases and then increases each day
• The amount of water decreases every time evaporation occurs

Multiple Choice

How is the intertidal zone different from the open ocean environment?

• Conditions in the intertidal zone remain constant
• The intertidal zone's conditions constantly change
  
• The open ocean is the shallowest zone in the ocean
• the conditions in the open ocean change continually

Multiple Choice

How does turbidity describe a water system's health?

• High turbidity contains less suspended solids and healthier
• Turbid water contains more dissolved gases than solids.
• Less turbid water contains less suspended solids than gases
  
• Low turbidity contains more gases and solids in water

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes why an algae bloom forms? 

• Decreased amounts of fish eating on the algae
• Decreas of pollution allow algae absorb gases and grow fast
• High amount of light stimulate photosynthesis to occur
• High amounts of fertilizer from farms/ fast growth of algae
  

Multiple Choice

All the water on, in , and surrounding the earth

• Atmosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Biosphere
• Lithosphere