6th Grade Atmosphere Review

Our atmosphere does each of the following except

• Helps maintain the right temperatures for life

• Help regulate rainfall

• Provides safety from the sun's harmful rays

• Destroys a lot of space debris

The process where the Earth's atmosphere absorbs and gives off infrared radiation from the sun

• Ozone

• Greenhouse

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

Lisa enjoys mountain climbing. Today, she is climbing Mt. Everest. Why would she have difficulty breathing at the top of the mountain?

• The air is too hot

• The air pressure is lower

• The air contains more nitrogen

• The air contains more carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

All cells in your body need ___to create energy.

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• argon

• hydrogen

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The atmosphere is divided into five layers. Which layer constitutes most of the total mass of the atmosphere?

• the troposphere

• the mesosphere

• the stratosphere

• the thermosphere

As altitude goes up, air pressure goes

• Stays the same

• Goes Up

• Gets hotter

• Goes down

This gas absorbs most solar radiation

• Ozone

• Greenhouse

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

The layer of the atmosphere closest to the ground

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

The more gas molecules the __________the temperature.

• higher

• cooler

• hotter

• lower

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Ozone is found in this layer

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere