Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to Earth?

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

As altitude increases in the Troposphere, the temperature...

• stays the same

• increases

• decreases

• is set at 350 to bake my cookies

Most of the heat in the Troposphere comes from...

• forest fires

• the sun

• the Earth's core

• the Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Troposphere hold what % of the gas molecules in the atmosphere?

• 75%

• 25%

• 50%

• 30%

A temperature inversion can trap....

• rabbits

• air pollution

• heat

• brown bear, brown bear

As altitude increases in the Stratosphere, what happens to the temperature?

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• nobody knows

What main layer of the atmosphere contains the Ozone layer?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Exosphere

The Ozone layer is beneficial to us because it....

• sends us rain

• causes the sky to be blue

• sends out signals to contact aliens

• protects us from harmful UV rays from the sun

Which layer is just above the Stratosphere and is considered the Middle layer?

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Exosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Since there is little matter to absorb heat, what happens to the temperature in the Mesosphere as altitude increases?

• increases

• decreases

• depends on who you ask

• jumps back and forth