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The Atmospheric Layers

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What layer protects us from the sun's radiation?

a)

The stratosphere

b)

The thermosphere

c)

Ozone layer

d)

Auroras

2.

What layers make up the ionosphere?

a)

The Mesosphere and Thermosphere

b)

The troposphere and exosphere

c)

thermosphere and stratosphere

d)

None of the above

3.

In what layer do meteors burn up?

a)

The Mesosphere

b)

The Messysphere

c)

The Stratosphere

d)

The Thermosphere

4.

Where do Auroras occur, and in what layer?

a)

The poles,the Mesosphere

b)

The equator,the Thermosphere

c)

The equator, the Stratosphere

d)

The poles,the Thermosphere

5.

Which layer Is the coldest layer?

a)

The Stratosphere

b)

The Troposphere

c)

The Mesosphere

d)

The Thermosphere

6.

Which layer is the hottest?

a)

The Mesosphere

b)

The Thermosphere

c)

The Troposphere

d)

The llamasphere

7.

Where do Auroras occur, and in what layer?

a)

The poles,the Mesosphere

b)

The equator,the Thermosphere

c)

The equator, the Stratosphere

d)

The poles,the Thermosphere

8.

What are the two most abundant gases in the atmosphere?

a)

Nitrogen and Hydrogen

b)

Hydrogen and Neon

c)

NItrogen and Oxygen

d)

Oxygen and Nitrogen

9.

Most all weather occurs in what layer?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Thermosphere

c)

Stratosphere

d)

Exosphere

10.

Where do airplanes usually fly?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Mesophere

c)

Stratosphere

d)

1 and 3

11.

Where are MOST satellites?

a)

Thermosphere

b)

Troposphere

c)

Exosphere

d)

Mesosphere

12.

Which layer is densest(in molecules)?

a)

The Mesosphere

b)

Potatoes

c)

The Troposphere

d)

The hydrosphere

13.

What do the radio waves in the ionosphere help?

a)

Cooking toast

b)

Long-distance communication

c)

Chicken's egg-laying

d)

Radios

14.

Only the highest clouds reach what layer?

a)

Toastsphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Exosphere

15.

Which layer is densest(in molecules)?

a)

The Mesosphere

b)

Potatoes

c)

The Troposphere

d)

The hydrosphere

16.

What type of oxygen is in the ozone layer?

a)

O2

b)

O.111

c)

O3

d)

O6

17.

Which planet has the strongest magnetosphere?

a)

Earth

b)

Pluto

c)

Uranus

d)

Jupiter