Earth's Atmosphere Vocabulary

Which is the outer part of the thermosphere that extends outward into space?

• Exosphere

• Ionosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

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What is a colorful, glowing display in the sky caused when particles form the sun strike oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the ionosphere. (Hint: Also called the Northern Lights)

• Aurora Borealis

• Ozone

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

Which barometer does not use a liquid and instead uses an airtight container with a dial?

• Mercury barometer

• Aneroid barometer

• Digital barometer

• Water barometer

To predict weather, the elements of weather that are measured include

• air temperature, air pressure, wind, precipitation, and atmospheric humidity.

• air temperature, ground temperature, ocean temperature, and cloud temperature.

• air pressure, global precipitation, atmospheric humidity, and ground temperature.

• air temperature, tectonic pressure, rain, ocean temperature, and atmospheric humidity.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Which of these describes the atmosphere?

• A mixture of organic substances, nearly all which are visible and have odor.

• A mixture of many substances nearly all of which are invisible and odorless.

• A mixture of many visible substances from all four spheres of the Earth system.

• A mixture of a few inorganic substances, some of which are visible, dense, and odorless.

The layers that make up the atmosphere are

• warm air, cold air, and ozone.

• the biosphere, the hydrosphere, and the geosphere.

• clouds, aerosols, air particles, water, vapor, and sunlight.

• the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere, the thermosphere, and the exosphere.

The spheres of the Earth system are called

• the upper sphere and the lower sphere.

• the living sphere and the non-living sphere.

• the atmosphere, geosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere.

• the inner sphere, middle sphere, outer sphere, and space sphere.

ACHOO! Solids in the air make you sneeze. Which materials might cause this to happen?

• building materials such as gravel, brick, and wood

• aerosols such as soot, dust, sea salt, and pollen

• water vapor such as fog, mist, and steam

• invisible gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide

_____________ are forms of precipitation.

• Rocks and earth

• Air particles and aerosols

• Rain and snow

• Space satellites and weather balloons

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The sky can look hazy or smoky if there are enough of these in the air

• aerosols.

• comets.

• hot-air balloons.

• oxygen particles.