WorksheetsOur Atmosphere (Part 1)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the five layers of the atmosphere in the correct order beginning closest to Earth?
a)
exosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
b)
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere
c)
thermosphere, exosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere
d)
mesosphere, thermosphere, troposphere, exosphere, and stratosphere
2.
What type of vehicle transported Colonel Kittinger into space?
a)
rocket
b)
jet
c)
hot air balloon
d)
Camero
3.
What was the problem with Colonel Kittinger's flight suit?
a)
It was too small
b)
It was too large
c)
It worked perfectly
d)
The hand was not sealed
4.
How fast did Colonel Kittinger fall back to Earth?
a)
618 mph
b)
1000 mph
c)
10 mph
d)
816 mph
5.
What do Jupiter and Saturn have that Mars and Mercury do not?
a)
Flowing water
b)
An atmosphere
c)
solid surface
6.
The pressure on which planet is 90 times what it is on Earth.
a)
Mars
b)
Mercury
c)
Jupiter
d)
Venus
7.
The clouds on Venus are made of what?
a)
sulfuric acid
b)
oxygen
c)
methane gas
d)
unicorn fur
8.
When did our solar system form?
a)
100,000 years ago
b)
14 billion years ago
c)
4.5 billion years ago
d)
10 billion years ago
9.
What two gases did ancient volcanoes release?
a)
carbon dioxide and nitrogen
b)
nitrogen and methane
c)
carbon dioxide and oxygen
d)
nitrogen and oxygen
10.
What gas did the ancient cyanobacteria release?
a)
nitrogen
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
methane
d)
oxygen
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