Atmosphere Live Game Review

The layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in 

• altitude
• temperature
• pressure
• density

This gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere

• oxygen
• nitrogen
• ozone
• carbon dioxide

The ozone layer is in which layer of the atmosphere?

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

This layer is where weather occurs

• troposphere
• thermosphere
• exosphere
• stratosphere

When warm air rises and cools high in the atmosphere and then sinks to the earth it creates _________ currents

• convection
• surface
• deep
• precipitaiton

This type of heat transfer is due to direct contact.

• Radiation
• Transpiration
• Conduction
• Convection

This process keeps Earth's temperature suitable for life.

• Convection Currents
• Greenhouse Effect
• Global Warming
• Water Cycle

What's the hottest layer of the Earth's atmosphere

• Troposphere
• Ozone Layer
• Exosphere
• Thermosphere

As altitude increases what happens to the air pressure?

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same
• increases then decreases

What causes Earth's winds to curve instead of traveling in straight lines?

• Earth's revolution around the sun.
• Earth's plate tectonics.
• Earth's convection currents.
• Earth's rotation on its axis.