Layers and Composition of the Atmosphere

Identify "Item #2"

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Tropopause

• Stratopause

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Identify "Item #4"

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Tropopause

• Stratopause

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Identify "Item #6"

• Thermosphere

• Mesopause

• Mesosphere

• Tropopause

• Stratopause

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Identify Item #1

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Argon

• Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon Monoxide

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Identify Item #2

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Argon

• Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon Monoxide

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Identify Item #3

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Argon

• Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon Monoxide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The ozone layer is located in the:

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

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Write "ozone" where the ozone layer can be found:

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Which of the following best describes the change in temperature with increasing altitude:

• There is no change in temperature with increasing altitude

• The temperature increases with increasing altitude

• The temperature decreases with increasing altitude

• The temperature decreases and increases with increasing altitude, depending on the layer.

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Which of the following bests describes the importance of the ozone layer as it pertains to life on Earth:

• The ozone layer is not important. Life would not change at all if it were removed.

• Life on Earth could not exist without the ozone layer absorbing the infrared radiation from the Sun

• Life on Earth could not exist without the ozone layer absorbing the ultraviolet radiation from the Sun

• Life on Earth could not exist without the ozone layer absorbing the microwave radiation from the Sun

• Life on Earth could not exist without the ozone layer blocking all solar radiation

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3