Earth Science - Atmosphere

Warming effect on the air caused by heat rising from the surface of the Earth and being trapped by gases in the troposphere.

• Greenhouse Effect

• Troposphere

• Atmosphere

• Greenhouse Gases

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Layer of Earth's atmosphere where most of the water vapor and carbon dioxide is found

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

Layer of Earth's atmosphere that 'warms' due to ultraviolet (UV) energy absorbed and re-emitted as heat energy.

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

The sun's rays are least direct

• near the poles

• near the equator

• at high altitudes

• far from the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which best describes what happens to air pressure as altitude increases in the atmosphere?

• Air pressure decreases as one move upward in the atmosphere.

• Air pressure increases as one move upward in the atmosphere.

• Air pressure changes in some unknown way

• Air pressure stays the same

A form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of two and protects us from dangerous ultraviolet radiation from the sun

• Climate

• Ozone Holes

• Weather

• Ozone

The layer of the atmosphere containing the ozone layer is

• troposphere
• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• mesosphere

The layer of the atmosphere containing our weather is

• thermosphere
• stratosphere
• troposphere
• mesosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A lava lamp with putty which heats, flows to the top, cools, then flows to the bottom is an example of:

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

Thermal energy ALWAYS moves from _____ to _____.

• solid to liquid
• ice to water
• hot to cold
• solid to gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4