WorksheetsAtmosphere
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a mixture of gases that surround the earth
a)
thermosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Ozone Layer
2.
The atmosphere is made up primarily of
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Oxygen
c)
Carbon Dioxide
d)
Water Vapor
3.
What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Thermosphere
4.
which layers contains the ozone layer?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Thermosphere
5.
The coldest layer of the atmosphere is _________________.
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Thermosphere
6.
The warmest layer of the atmosphere is ____________________.
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Thermosphere
7.
The upper mesosphere and the lower thermosphere is home to the aurora or shimmering lights and is called _______________.
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Ozone Layer
d)
Ionosphere
8.
the upper most part of the atmosphere
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Troposphere
9.
the middle layer of the atmosphere
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Troposphere
10.
the layer above the troposphere is called_____________.
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Troposphere
11.
the layer closest to the surface is called _____________.
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Troposphere
12.
What protects life on earth from harmful UV radiation?
a)
Ionopshere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Ozone Layer
d)
Auroras
13.
Which layer of the atmosphere has weather?
a)
troposphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
thermosphere
14.
Temperature increases with height in the ______ due to solar radiation.
a)
troposphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
thermosphere
15.
Temperature decreases with height in the ______ because there is nothing but thin air.
a)
troposphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
thermosphere
16.
What two gases are found throughout all layers of the atmosphere?
a)
Nitrogen and carbon dioxide
b)
Nitrogen and oxygen
c)
Oxygen and carbon dioxide
d)
Trace gases and water vapor
17.
This is the layer where most commercial jet airliners fly.
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Thermosphere
18.
This is the layer where meteors, or shooting stars, burn up.
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Thermosphere
19.
How does air pressure change as you climb a mountain?
a)
it decreases (less air pressure)
b)
it increases (more air pressure)
c)
stays the same
d)
the temperature gets warmer
20.
Elevation, or how high up you are, is also called ...
a)
altitude
b)
atmosphere
c)
height
d)
decreasing
21.
Which temperature of air weighs more?
a)
warm
b)
cold
22.
In which temperature of air do the molecules spread out and take up more space?
a)
cold
b)
warm
23.
The Northern Lights occur in which layer?
a)
mesosphere
b)
exosphere
c)
thermosphere
d)
stratosphere
24.
What layer of the atmosphere is closest to outer space?
a)
mesosphere
b)
exosphere
c)
troposphere
d)
stratosphere
25.
In what layer of the atmosphere would you find clouds and weather?
a)
troposphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
thermosphere
26.
Air in the atmosphere is 78%
a)
Einsteinium
b)
nitrogen
c)
oxygen
d)
carbon dioxide
27.
The atmosphere is 21%
a)
nitrogen
b)
oxygen
c)
argon
d)
flatulence
28.
air pressure is the ________ that air has on a surface or object
a)
height
b)
distance
c)
force
d)
protuberance
29.
If the ozone layer were to be completely destroyed life on Earth would
a)
grow larger
b)
get smaller
c)
die from too much solar radiation
d)
stay the same
30.
The _________________ is the process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb and give off heat
a)
ozone layer
b)
greenhouse effect
c)
coriolis effect
d)
thermosphere
31.
As altitude increases, the air pressure
a)
decreases
b)
stays the same
c)
increases
d)
all of the above
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