Atmosphere and Weather Review

______ and ______ are the two major atmospheric gases

• carbon; oxygen
• nitrogen; oxygen
• helium; carbon
• nitrogen; helium

Air pressure decreases as the altitude increases.

• true
• false

____ changes with increase in altitude.

• Air temperature
• Air density
• Air pressure
• all of the above

Put the layers of the Earth's atmosphere in order from lowest to the highest layer.

• mesosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere
• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
• thermosphere, mesosphere, troposhpere, stratosphere
• troposphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere

All the wind, rain, and snow on Earth as well as the air you breathe is found in the ________.

• exosphere
• troposphere
• ionsphere
• thermosphere

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The ozone layer is found in the _______.

• exosphere
• thermosphere
• troposphere
• stratosphere

The layer of gases that surrounds a planet is known as the ____.

• Hydrosphere
• Bioshpere
• Atmosphere
• Climosphere

The mesosphere is the coldest layer of the atmosphere.

• true
• false

The aurora form in which layer?

• mesosphere
• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• troposphere

Air moving by _________ creates wind.

• Radiation
• Conduction
• Convection
• Gravity

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