Topic 3 Atmosphere

What is the atmosphere?

• All the harmful gases on earth.

• All the tiny drops that are in the air.

• The layer of gases that surounds the earth.

What is the name of the layer that contains the oxygen that living things breathe?

• Stratosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Troposphere

• Outer layer

What is the air pollution?

• Air that does not contain any oxygen

• Air that blows at night

• Air that contains droplets of water

• Air that contains smoke, ash and harmful gases.

Which atmosphere phenomena are types of precipitation?

• Rain and wind

• Rain, snow and hail

• Rain, breeze and clouds

• All the answers are right

Which sentence is False?

• The longest days of the year are in the summer

• In spring, many trees grow new leaves

• In winter, nights are very long.

• It rains very little in autumn.

Which intrument measures the speed of the wind?

• Anemometer

• thermometer

• rain gauge

• Weather vane

The atmosphere filters (a)   from the sun, keeps the ​ (b)   perfect for life on the planet and contains the ​ (c)   that ​ (d)   need to stay alive.

• harmful rays
• temperature
• air
• living things

Label the chart of the water cycle

d

c

b

a

The water evaporates

The water vapour coold forms clouds

The water ends up in the ocean

The water droplets fall as rain

Find the odd one.

• rain gauge

• weather vane

• rain

• thermometer

Living things need to breathe ​ (a)   air. Many human activities release ​ ​ (b)   gases into the atmosphere that causes air pollution. One example of a cause of air pollution is ​ (c)   . To protect our air we can ​ (d)   rubbish, use ​ (e)   transport or save electricity.

• clean
• harmful
• vehicle emissions
• recycle
• zero-emission