Layers of the Atmosphere

What gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Ozone

• Carbon Dioxide

Where is most of the water vapor in our atmosphere?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which layer of the atmosphere helps us by burning up incoming meteors?

• exosphere

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature _______________.

• decreases
• increases
• stays the same
• gets very hot

What does the ozone layer do for us?

• keeps us warm

• blocks UV rays from getting to Earth

• keeps oxygen in

• burns up meteors

Where are clouds located?

• thermosphere
• stratosphere
• troposphere
• ionosphere
• mesosphere

Which layer is the outermost layer?

• troposphere
• thermosphere
• exosphere
• mesosphere
• magnetosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Reorder the following layers from the Earth's surface up:

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• exosphere

• stratosphere

The auroras occur in this layer

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

• Stratosphere

Challenge Q! Roughly where does the troposphere end?

• 5 km up

• 10 km up

• 15 km up

• 20 km up

• 100 km up