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10.1 Atmosphere Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many layers is our atmosphere?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

2.

What protects the Earth from UV rays?

a)

stratosphere

b)

megasphere

c)

ozone layer

d)

troposhere

3.

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

a)

exosphere

b)

hemisphere

c)

troposphere

d)

mesosphere

4.

What did the Montreal Protocol do?

a)

initiated the clean water act

b)

made it illegal to use pesticides

c)

initiated the clean air act

d)

banned the use of CFC's to protect the ozone layer

5.

why are CFC's bad?

a)

they harm the ozone layer and causes the Earth to heat up

b)

pollutes the water

c)

is radioactive

d)

can make people very sick

6.

List the 5 layers of the atmosphere.

(start from Earth --> Space)

a)

stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere, thermosphere, exosphere

b)

exosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere, thermosphere

c)

troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

d)

exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere

7.

What would you find in the troposphere layer?

a)

mountains

b)

jet planes

c)

satellites

d)

meteors

8.

what would you fins in the stratosphere layer?

a)

satellites

b)

aurora borealis

c)

grass and mountains

d)

weather balloons and jet planes

9.

What would you fins in the mesosphere?

a)

satellites

b)

meteors

c)

airplanes

d)

mountains

10.

what would you find in the thermosphere?

a)

weather balloons

b)

jets

c)

aurora borealis

d)

satellites

11.

What would you find in the exosphere?

a)

meteors

b)

aurora borealis

c)

mountains

d)

satellites

12.

What is albedo?

a)

the reflection of sunlight from the Earth

b)

the rotation of the Earth on its axis

c)

the changing of the seasons

d)

the wave a cloud can make

13.

2.7 billion years ago in the Archean Eon this bacteria went through photosynthesis and created free oxygen..

a)

E. coli

b)

plants

c)

cyanobacteria

d)

creatinen bacteria

14.

Are humans aerobic or anaerobic organisms?

a)

aerobic

b)

anaerobic

15.

why are greenhouse gases bad?

4 lines
16.

which lab is doing research on aerosol particles?

a)

Mundai

b)

Cern

c)

Optima

d)

Patrona

17.

What is he name of the experiment at Cern labs on aerosol particles?

a)

rain

b)

cloud

c)

water

d)

storm

18.

which TWO gases cause the greenhouse effect?

a)

methane, CO2

b)

oxygen, nitrogen

c)

argon, nitrogen

d)

CO2, MH3