Wind and Weather Test Review

The atmosphere is composed mainly of

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• argon

Which gas is released into the atmosphere by plants as they photosynthesize?

• nitrogen

• argon

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which gas is removed from the atmosphere by green plants?

• oxygen

• argon

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Atmospheric pressure ______ with _____ altitude.

• increases, increased

• decreases, decreased

• decreases, increased

• stabilizes,

  increased

The density of our atmosphere _________ with an increase in altitude.

• decreases

• increases

• stays the same

• gets heavier

Which layer of the atmosphere is the coldest?

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

The Ozone layer is found in which atmospheric layer?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

This layer of the atmosphere is the "Heat Sphere".

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

Most weather occurs in this layer of Earth's Atmosphere:

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The space shuttle orbits in this layer of the atmosphere:

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Meosphere

• Thermosphere