Atmosphere Review

Which of these is NOT a Greenhouse Gas?

• Methane

• Oxygen

• Water Vapor

• Carbon Dioxide

Some solar radiation doesn't reach the earth because

• it is reflected off particles in the atmosphere

• it is reflected off clouds

• it is absorbed by clouds and particles in the atmosphere

• all are correct

The Greenhouse Effect causes the earth's air to

• cool down

• blow up

• heat up

• turn brown

A mixture of gases that surrounds the earth like a blanket, held down by gravity.

• Atmosphere

• Ozone layer

• Stratosphere

• Nitrogen

What protects the earth from harmful UV rays?

• Ozone layer

• Nitrogen gas

• Ionosphere

• Clouds

Which layer of the atmosphere is where molecules escape into space

• Exosphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesophere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

Which layer of the atmosphere is where meteors burn up

• Exosphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesophere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ionosphere and the auroras

• Exosphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesophere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

Which layer of the atmosphere contains our weather

• Exosphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesophere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

Which layer of the atmosphere containing the ozone layer

• Exosphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesophere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere