Layers of the atmosphere Review

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Troposphere

,

(b) Stratosphere

,

(c) Mesosphere

,

(d) Thermosphere

• International space station

• hottest layer

• 75% of the mass of the atmosphere

• almost all weather

• weather balloons

• meteors burn up

• coldest layer

• the ozone layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Place the labels where they belong in this diagram of what happens to air molecules when thermal energy (heat) is added to them.

c

b

d

e

a

air molecules begin to slow down

air molecules begin to cool

air molecules spread out and rise

air molecules begin to move faster

air molecules move closer and sink

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Move the label to the correct spot in the picture to explain what happens to temperature as altitude increases. Start with the layer where we live.

a

b

c

d

temperature increases

temperature decreases again

temperature decreases

temperature increases again

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Reorder the following. Put the layers of the atmosphere in order from the surface of Earth to outer space. 1 is the layer we live in.

a

b

c

d

troposphere

mesosphere

thermosphere

stratosphere

In which layers does air pressure decrease as altitude increases?

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

In which layer(s) does air pressure decrease as altitude increases? Check all that apply.

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

In which layer(s) of the atmosphere does temperature increase as altitude increases? Check all that apply.

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

In which layer(s) of the atmosphere does temperature decrease as altitude increase? Check all that apply.

• tropsphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

Match the following

• Ozone layer

• stratosphere

• most weather occurs

• thermosphere

• meteors burn up

• mesosphere

• international space station

• troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the following

• coldest layer

• mesosphere

• we live here

• thermosphere

• weather ballons

• troposphere

• aurora borealis

• stratosphere