Atmosphere Layers

How thick is the atmosphere?

• 5 miles/8km
• 10 miles/ 16km
• 20 miles/ 32km
• 100 miles/160km

What would happen if the Earth had no atmosphere, as in no air?

• No life or weather
• It would be the same as now just a little harder to breathe

The atmosphere keeps the Earth...

• Warm enough for life
• Too Cold for Life
• Spinning
• Orbiting the sun

The atmosphere protects the Earth from...

• Earthquakes
• Comets and Meteors
•  Tsunamis
• Faults

We live in the __________________layer, a level of the atmosphere.

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Exosphere

The _______________________________ is responsible for the weather, rain, or snow

• Exosphere
• Thermosphere
• Magnetosphere
• Troposphere

When the atmosphere keeps the Earth warm, it is called the _______________________ effect.

• Greenhouse
• Ozone
• Space
• Warm

The Troposphere is only ______________ km thick

• 5
• 10
• 15
• 20

Shooting stars are found in the ____________________ and only last a few SECONDS.

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Thermosphere
• Mesosphere

What is the first layer of the Atmosphere? (lowest)

• Troposphere
• Thermosphere
• Stratosphere
• None of these