Atmospheric Layers Pop Quiz

What is the first layer in the atmosphere?

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Exosphere

What is the outermost layer?

• Exosphere

• Thermosphere

• Ionosphere

• Mesosphere

Which layer do airplanes and jet fly in?

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

Where you will find the ozone layer.

• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• exosphere
• mesosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where weather occurs.

• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• troposphere
• mesosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The coldest layer.

• troposphere
• thermosphere
• exosphere
• mesosphere

The hottest layer.

• troposphere
• thermosphere
• exosphere
• mesosphere

The most common gas in the atmosphere.

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Trace gases

As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature _______________.

• decreases
• increases
• stays the same
• gets very hot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which phenomenon can be seen only in the ionosphere?

• ozone layer
• Aurora Borealis
• Highlands
• water vapor