WorksheetsAtmosphere and Hydroshphere
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What gas makes up the majority of the Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Carbon dioxide
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Argon
2.
What would happen if we did not have the hydrosphere?
a)
We would die because we would not have fish
b)
We would all be fine because we would have other animals to eat
c)
We would have nothing to drink
d)
We would die because their would be no ocean to go to in the summer
3.
Without this layer of the atmosphere, we would not have weather.
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Ionosphere
4.
What is the purpose of the Ozone Layer
a)
We all will die because we live in it.
b)
Ozone is a type of gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and that protects is from too much solar radiation.
c)
Without the Ozone layer we won’t have any oxygen.
d)
None of the above
5.
Why do we need the Ionosphere?
a)
It plays an important role with electricity in the atmosphere
b)
It helps block the sun’s radiation
c)
It stops too many of the sun's 'ultraviolet rays
6.
Why does the sky appear blue?
a)
Blue light bounces off red light
b)
The bluest light is let through the Exospher
c)
Blue light that enters the atmosphere is most efficiently scattered around
d)
Da Vinci painted the sky blue
7.
What is the highest layer of the earth?
a)
Exosphere
b)
Thermosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Mantle
8.
What is the sphere that we are part of?
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Stratosphere
9.
Why is it difficult to breathe at high altitudes?
a)
Because you are closer to the sunlight
b)
Because the gasses get thinner the higher you get
c)
Because their is more carbon dioxide the higher up you get
d)
Because their is no oxygen in the troposphere
10.
What is the purpose of Mesosphere?
a)
Temperature decreases with height throughout the mesosphere.
b)
Thermosphere above it is not called the mesopause.
c)
The coldest temperatures in Earth's atmosphere, about -85° C (-130° F).
d)
None of the above
11.
Why is it difficult to breath at high altitudes?
a)
Because you are closer to the sun the higher you go.
b)
Because atmospheric gases become thinner the higher you go.
c)
Because there is more carbon dioxide the higher you go.
d)
Because there is no oxygen in the troposphere.
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