Properties of Air and Layers of the Atmosphere 2024

Thinking about the "Crush the Can" experiment in the Gas Lab, click on the point where the air pressure was lowest right before the can crushed.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Atmosphere

• The blanket of air that surrounds Earth

• All the water that covers Earth

• All the rocks and minerals that make up Earth

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Which describes the troposphere? (Select all that apply)

• lowest layer

• uppermost layer

• temperature decreases as altitude increases, and pressure decreases as altitude increases

• temperature increases as altitude increases, and pressure decreases as altitude decreases

Which describes the stratosphere? (select all that apply)

• contains the ozone layer

• pressure increases as altitude increases

• temperature increases as altitude increases

• density increases with altitude

The ozone layer is in the...

• trophosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• ionosphere

Concentration of nitrogen in the atmosphere

• 21%

• 55%

• 78%

• 95%

Concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere

• 15%

• 21%

• 78%

• 95%

Trace gases in the atmosphere include... (Select all that apply)

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• argon

• nitrogen

In which layers does the temperature increase with increasing altitude?

• thermosphere, stratosphere

• troposphere, ionosphere

• mesosphere, exosphere

• thermosphere, troposphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What 2 gases make up 99% of the air we breathe?

• Oxygen & Methane
• Nitrogen & Methane
• Nitrogen & Oxygen
• Methane & Krypton

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