Atmosphere Quiz 2

If the atmosphere were a pool of air, we would live

• on the diving board

• on the bottom

• suspended in the middle

• on the surface

As you travel up into the mountains of the troposphere, increasing elevation, the air pressure...

• Decreases because the air gets more dense

• Decreases because the air gets less dense

• Increases because the air gets more dense

• Increases because the air gets less dense

The stratosphere contains

• All the weather

• All the living things on the earth

• The coldest layer

• The ozone layer

Which of the following gases makes up the largest percentage of the Earth's atmosphere? (78%)

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Water Vapor

Which comparison between the layers of the atmosphere is accurate?

• temperature increases at high altitude in the troposhere

• temperature decreases at high altitude in the stratosphere

• temperature decreases at high altitude in the mesosphere

• temperature decreases at high altitude in the thermosphere

The gas molecules in our atmosphere are most densely packed, in which layer?

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

Our thermal energy on Earth comes from the

• Troposphere

• Radiation

• Sun

• Altitude

What is the term that describes heat energy traveling through the air in electromagnetic waves?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Emissions

Air has ________________ and takes up space.

• Altitude

• Emissions

• Mass

• Radiation

____________________ makes up about 21% of our atmosphere.

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Neon