Earth's Atmosphere

Carbon Dioxide is a trace gas.

• True

• False

Earth's atmosphere filters out harmful radiation from the

• Air

• Ocean

• Moon

• Sun

The ozone in the protects people from ultraviolet (UV) radiation.

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

Both the get colder as altitude increases.

• thermosphere and troposphere

• stratosphere and mesosphere

• mesosphere and troposphere

The is located 12 to 50 kilometers from Earth’s surface.

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• ionosphere

If the did not exist, Earth might be destroyed by chunks of rock from space.

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Is a thin layer of air that forms a protective covering around the planet

• atmosphere

• troposphere

• ozone layer

• westerlies

Is the lowest portion of Earth's atmosphere, contains 99%of its water vapor and aerosols

• trade winds

• convection

• hydrosphere

• troposphere

Cold winds that blow from the east to the west near the north pole and the south pole

• trade winds

• polar easterlies

• sea breeze

• land breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Steady winds that flow from east to west between 30 degrees north latitude and 30 degrees south latitude.

• ionosphere

• wind

• jet stream

• trade winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6