Air, Air Pressure, & Layers of the Atmosphere Practice Quiz

78% of the gas that makes up the atmosphere is ________? 

• Oxygen 
• Ozone 
• Nitrogen 
• Carbon Dioxide

Which of the following is the second major gas that makes up the atmosphere, about 21%? 

• Nitrogen 
• Oxygen 
• Carbon Dioxide 
• Carbon Monoxide 

What happens to the amount of oxygen molecules as altitude increases?

• fewer molecules
• more molecules
• same amount of molecules
• nothing happens to the molecules

___________is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing on an area.

• air pressure
• density
• volume
• none of the above

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Density of air is greater ________.

• at the top of the mountain
• at the bottom of the mountain
• at the center of the mountain

Air pressure is greater _______.

• at the top of the mountain
• at the bottom of the mountain
• at the center of the mountain

This tool is used to measure air pressure

• Mercury Barometer 
• Aneroid Barometer 
• Both are correct

What happens to air pressure as you move upward into the atmosphere?

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

Air pressure is greater _______.

• at the top of the mountain
• at the bottom of the mountain
• at the center of the mountain

Density of air is greater ________.

• at the top of the mountain
• at the bottom of the mountain
• at the center of the mountain