Earth Science Atmosphere

Over Geologic Time, Earth's atmospheric oxygen levels have:

• Increased

• Decreased

• Fluctuated

• Stayed at a constant %

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NGSS.HS-LS1-5

Warming effect on the air caused by heat rising from the surface of the Earth and being trapped by gases in the troposphere.

• Greenhouse Effect

• Troposphere

• Atmosphere

• Greenhouse Gases

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Layer of Earth's atmosphere where most of the water vapor and carbon dioxide is found

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Layer of Earth's atmosphere that 'warms' due to ultraviolet (UV) energy absorbed and re-emitted as heat energy.

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

Earth's ozone layer is important because it absorbs

• visible light

• ultraviolet radiation

• x-rays

• radio waves

The sun's rays are least direct

• near the poles

• near the equator

• at high altitudes

• far from the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which best describes what happens to air pressure as altitude increases in the atmosphere?

• Air pressure decreases as one move upward in the atmosphere.

• Air pressure increases as one move upward in the atmosphere.

• Air pressure changes in some unknown way

• Air pressure stays the same

A form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of two and protects us from dangerous ultraviolet radiation from the sun

• Climate

• Ozone Holes

• Weather

• Ozone

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Is the concept of "anthropogenic warming" a clear case that humans are affecting planetary warming?

• Yes, everybody agrees

• Not exactly, data shows an alarming trend but it is still not completely understood

• No, the Earth is not warming

• Not exactly, one hemisphere is warming and the other is cooling

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The layer of the atmosphere containing the ozone layer is

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

• mesosphere