Quiz-Earth Science

Trick for remembering the layers of the Earth

• Tony steals my thermometer every day.

• Tracey tricks my thermometer every day.

contains the ozone layer

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

planes fly in this layer and the human free jump happened in this layer

• exosphere

• stratosphere

As altitude increases, temperature increases.

• Exposphere

• Stratosphere

smallest layer, as altitude increases the temperature decreases, under the greatest pressure

• Trophosphere

• Exosphere

unstable, contains the most matter or gas molecules, weather happens here, smallest layer

• Trophosphere

• Thermosphere

extends into outer space and least dense

• Mesophere

• exosphere

coldest layer, meteorites burn up in this layer, named after Latin term "middle"

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

hottest layer, absorbs harmful rays and x-rays

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

space station orbits in this layer

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere