Atmosphere and Air Pressure

The thin layer of gases surrounding Earth is called:

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• cryosphere

As altitude increases, air pressure...

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

___________is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing on an area.

• air pressure

• density

• volume

• mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

________is the instrument used to measure air pressure.

• barometer

• thermometer

• psychrometer

• anemometer

As you climb up a mountain what happens to the air pressure?

• decreases

• increases

• stays the same

Which gas makes up the largest percentage of Earth's current atmosphere?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide

• Water Vapor

Which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur in?

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In the troposphere, as altitude increases, temperature...

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

Lowest layer of the atmosphere

• lifting

• troposphere

• wind funnel

• nitrogen

The highest layer of the atmosphere is

• troposhphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• exosphere