E-Learning Review Unit 1

Our _________ is the layer of gases that surrounds our planet.

• ocean
• weather
• atmosphere
• ozone

Where is the ozone layer, which absorbs UV radiation, located in our atmosphere?

• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• mesosphere
• troposphere

As you ascend (go up) in the troposphere what happens to the temperature?

• It increases steadily

• It decreases steadily

As altitude increases, air pressure....

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

• Goes up and down

What is the order of the layers of the atmosphere, starting with the layer closest to Earth's surface?

• Stratosphere, Troposphere, Exosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Exosphere, Thermosphere

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere, Mesosphere

Which is the coldest layer

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

How are the layers of the atmosphere classified?

• Density
• Gases
• Humidity
• Temperature

The greenhouse effect is caused by

• more heat arriving at the Earth from the sun

• the Earth releasing more heat at night

• gases in the air trapping heat released by the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The graph shows us that

• the earth temperature is always increasing

• the earth's temperature has steadily increased since 1900

• the earth's temperature has steadily rising since the 1960s

• the earth's temperature decreased during the 19th and 20th centuries

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The area of human activity responsible for the highest greenhouse gas emissions is

• energy supply

• transport

• agriculture

• industrial

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4