Atmosphere Quiz chapter 11

A mixture of gasses that surrounds the earth.

The lowest densest layer of the atmosphere.

The upper region of the thermosphere extending toward outer space.

The force exerted by air molecules on a given area.

A visible mass of condensed water vapor in the atmosphere.

Clouds which look like soft balls of cotton in the sky.

Label the layers of the atmosphere in the diagram provided.

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

The second layer of the Atmosphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

Very wispy, feathery clouds. Formed in high levels made of ice crystals.

• Hail

• Cumulonimbus clouds

• Cumulus

• Cirrus clouds

Refers to round pellets of ice that are greater than the size of a pea and that form inside cumulonimbus clouds.

• Cirrus Clouds

• Snow

• Hail

• cloud