6th Earth's Atmosphere Test

The atmosphere is ____ .

• the layer in which weather occurs
• the layer that contains the ozone layer
• the layer of water in the oceans
• the layer of gasses that surrounds Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Earth’s atmosphere is important to living things because it ____ .

• contains dust and other particles
• is very thin compared to the size of Earth
• provides all the gasses that living things need to survive
• maintains a constant relative humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Earth’s atmosphere traps energy from the sun, which ____ .

• allows water to exist as a liquid
• allows solar radiation to penetrate to the surface
• allows ozone to form easily
• causes meteors to burn up

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Photochemical smog results from the interaction of pollutants in the presence of ____ .

• water vapor
• oxygen
• sunlight
• rainfall

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Instruments used to measure air pressure are called ____ .

• thermometers
• hygrometers
• hydrometers
• barometers

As you rise upwards in the atmosphere, air pressure ____ .

• increases
• decreases
• first increases, then decreases
• doesn’t change

When climbing a high mountain, you get out of breath easily because ____ .

• the percentage of oxygen in the air decreases
• the air is more dense
• there is less oxygen in each cubic meter of air
• air pressure is greater

The layer of our atmosphere in which weather occurs is the ____ .

• troposphere
• stratosphere
• mesosphere
• exosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The ozone layer protects living things on Earth from ___ .

• visible light
• infrared rays
• ultraviolet radiation
• carbon dioxide

Which layer of the atmosphere protects Earth’s surface from being hit by most meteoroids?

• troposphere
• stratosphere
• mesosphere
• thermosphere