Layers of the Atmosphere

What gas makes up 3/4 of the atmosphere?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Helium

• Hydrogen

Which layer of the atmosphere includes the ionosphere?

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere?

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

• Exosphere

What is ozone?

• Solar radiation from the sun

• A gas that absorbs the UV rays from the sun

• A type of pollution affecting the north and south poles

• A gas found only in the Troposphere

What is the ionosphere?

• A gas similar to ozone that comes from the sun's UV rays

• A part of the atmosphere where most people fly in an airplane

• A part of the atmosphere with charged particles

• The place in Antarctica where the ozone layer has opened

True or False? Weather is found in the Troposphere.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What layer of the atmosphere would you fly through a cloud in?

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

True or False? The temperature gets warmer the higher you go up in the Stratosphere.

• True

• False

What atmospheric layer is known as the "weather layer"?

• Exosphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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