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The atmosphere

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the atmosphere? (select the best answer)

a)

Layer of gases that surround the Earth

b)

The Earth's crust

c)

The air we breath

d)

Oxygen

2.

What is an element?

a)

A substance made of only one type of atoms

b)

A substance made of two or more different types of atoms

c)

A substance made of atoms that have chemically joined together

d)

One of four substances that make up everything

3.

What do we call a material where two or more elements are chemically combined?

a)

Element

b)

Mixture

c)

Compound

d)

Alloy

4.

Which gas makes up the majority of atmosphere?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Argon

d)

Carbon Dioxide

5.

The amount present of which gas varies if it is above the ocean compared with above the desert?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

Water vapour

6.

How much of the Earth's atmosphere is oxygen?

a)

15%

b)

17%

c)

21%

d)

25%

7.

The process of going from solid to liquid is called ?

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Evaporating

d)

Condensing

8.

The process of going from solid to gas is called ?

a)

Evaporating

b)

Melting

c)

Sublimation

d)

Boiling

9.

The process of going from liquid to gas is called ?

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Condensing

d)

Boiling

10.

The process of going from gas to liquid is called ?

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Boiling

d)

Condensing

11.

How thick is the Earth's atmosphere?

a)

10km

b)

50km

c)

100km

d)

200km

12.

What proportion of the atmosphere's mass is in the first 11 km?

a)

Half

b)

Two thirds

c)

A quarter

d)

Three quarters