Layers of Atmosphere & Greenhouse Gasses

Where you will find the ozone layer?

• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• exosphere
• mesosphere

Which is the hottest layer?

• troposphere
• thermosphere
• exosphere
• mesosphere

Which layer is the outermost layer?

• troposphere
• thermosphere
• exosphere
• mesosphere

This is the layer where meteors, or shooting stars, burn up.

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

What does this diagram illustrate?

• Ozone Layer
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Ultraviolet Radiation
• Layers of the atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The most common gas in the atmosphere (78%).

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Trace gases

Which greenhouse gas has the greatest role in human-caused global warming?

• methane
• carbon dioxide
• CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)
• ozone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

78% of the Earth's atmosphere is ___________ and 21% of the Earth's atmosphere is _____________.

• Oxygen, Nitrogen

• Nitrogen, Oxygen

• Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In what layer of the atmosphere do all weather events occur?

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Why is the ozone layer important to life on Earth?

• Planes fly in the ozone layer

• It is made up of oxygen (O₂)

• It shields the Earth from ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun

• It causes clouds to be created