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Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 57mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How thick is the atmosphere?
a)
5 miles/8km
b)
10 miles/ 16km
c)
20 miles/ 32km
d)
100 miles/160km
2.
What would happen if the Earth had no atmosphere, as in no air?
a)
No life or weather
b)
It would be the same as now just a little harder to breathe
3.
The atmosphere keeps the Earth...
a)
Warm enough for life
b)
Too Cold for Life
c)
Spinning
d)
Orbiting the sun
4.
The atmosphere protects the Earth from...
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Comets and Meteors
c)
Tsunamis
d)
Faults
5.
We live in the __________________layer, a level of the atmosphere.
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Exosphere
6.
The _______________________________ is responsible for the weather, rain, or snow
a)
Exosphere
b)
Thermosphere
c)
Magnetosphere
d)
Troposphere
7.
When the atmosphere keeps the Earth warm, it is called the _______________________ effect.
a)
Greenhouse
b)
Ozone
c)
Space
d)
Warm
8.
The Troposphere is only ______________ km thick
a)
5
b)
10
c)
15
d)
20
9.
Shooting stars are found in the ____________________ and only last a few SECONDS.
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Mesosphere
10.
What is the first layer of the Atmosphere? (lowest)
a)
Troposphere
b)
Thermosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
None of these
11.
What is the second layer called?
a)
Ozone
b)
Troposphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Air
12.
What layer do planes fly in?
a)
Exposphere
b)
Floor
c)
Ozone
d)
Stratosphere
13.
What layer is the Ozone in?
a)
Ozone Layer
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Troposphere
d)
It's not in one, it has its own
14.
What layer is the Ozone in?
a)
Ozone Layer
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Troposphere
d)
It's not in one, it has its own
15.
What's the hottest layer of the Earths Atmosphere
a)
Friday
b)
Ozone Layer
c)
Exposphere
d)
Thermosphere
16.
The coldest layer.
a)
troposphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
exosphere
d)
mesosphere
17.
As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature _______________.
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
stays the same
d)
gets very hot
18.
What is the function of the ozone layer?
a)
to allow UV rays to get to Earth
b)
to block UV rays from getting to Earth
c)
To keep oxygen in
d)
to allow meteors to get to Earth
19.
This is the layer where most commercial jet airliners fly.
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Thermosphere
20.
What happens to the density (thickness)/ air pressure of the air as you increase in altitude?
a)
density increases
b)
density decreases
c)
density stays the same
d)
density disappears
21.
The layers of the atmosphere are separated according to this change.
a)
Altitude
b)
Elevation
c)
Temperature
d)
Distance from the sun
22.
The higher you go, the air becomes.......
a)
More dense
b)
Less dense
23.
Where we live.
a)
stratosphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
troposphere
d)
mesosphere
24.
Where weather occurs.
a)
stratosphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
troposphere
d)
mesosphere
25.
What enables atmosphere of earth to stay in place?
a)
gravity
b)
air pressure
c)
types of air molecules
d)
clouds
26.
Which phenomenon can be seen only in the ionosphere?
a)
ozone layer
b)
Aurora Borealis
c)
Highlands
d)
water vapor
27.
Satellites orbit this layer of the atmosphere.
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
28.
The force of a column of air pressing down is called what?
a)
Air Mass
b)
Air Pressure
c)
Air
d)
Heavy
29.
What is the third layer of the atmosphere from the ground called?
a)
thermosphere
b)
mesosphere
c)
troposphere
d)
stratosphere
30.
The layer where meteors burn up in.
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Exospshere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Thermosphere
31.
Which order is correct from the earth to space?
a)
thermosphere
troposphere
exosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
ionosphere
troposphere
exosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
ionosphere
b)
thermosphere
troposphere
stratosphere
exosphere
mesosphere
ionosphere
troposphere
stratosphere
exosphere
mesosphere
ionosphere
c)
exosphere
ionosphere
thermosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
troposphere
ionosphere
thermosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
troposphere
d)
troposphere
thermosphere
troposphere
stratosphere
exosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
stratosphere
exosphere
mesosphere
32.
Where satellites and space shuttles orbit.
a)
troposphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
exosphere
d)
mesosphere
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