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WorksheetsChapter 11 Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 7hrs 46mins
The amount of (a) in the air varies greatly from place to place and time to time.
Earth is surrounded by an envelope of gases called the (a) .
The term used to describe the condition of Earth's atmosphere at a given place or time is called (a) .
Which of these items is NOT typically found in the air? (choose one)
dust
smoke
salt
chemicals
iron
Plants need _________ to make food.
salt
carbon dioxide
oxygen
iron
Oxygen makes up ________ of the atmosphere.
1%
75%
21%
50%
Nitrogen makes up ________ of the atmosphere.
1%
75%
21%
50%
When air pressure increases, the liquid in the mercury barometer ___________.
falls
evaporates
rises
spills over
An aneroid barometer does not use any (a) .
The higher the altitude, the _________ the air pressure.
lower
higher
more stable
less stable
As you climb higher on a mountain, the density of the air (a) .
Air pressure at sea level is __________ the air pressure at the top of a mountain.
more than
less than
the same as
There are two instruments for measuring air pressure; they are the:
aneroid barometer and the anemometer
anemometer and the mercury barometer
weather vane and thermometer
mercury barometer and aneroid barometer
Air pressure doesn't crush you because molecules in air push __________________________________________.
air pressure isn't really that important.
air pressure is pressing on you from all sides.
air pressure only pushes downward.
gravity is holding the human body together, not air pressure.
The amount of mass in a given volume of air is its (a) .
A root word meaning "middle"
strato
meso
exo
thermo
The ________________ that protects Earth from meteoroids.
exosphere
stratosphere
thermosphere
mesosphere
The upper region of the ___________is warm because energy from the sun is absorbed by the ozone layer.
exosphere
stratosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
The _______________ contains all of Earth's weather.
exosphere
stratosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
A root word meaning "layers"
strato
meso
exo
thermo
A root word meaning "heat"
tropo
meso
exo
thermo
A root word meaning "changing"
tropo
meso
exo
thermo
This layer can change shape, depending upon how charged the particles within it are.
ionosphere
stratosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
The hottest layer of the atmosphere, reaching 1800 degrees Celsius:
ionosphere
stratosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
Mrs. Wright refers to this as the "sandwich layer because of its three distinct layers.
(a)
The ______________________contains almost all of the mass of the atmosphere.
ionosphere
stratosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
This layer, containing a special type of oxygen, which has three molecules, acts as a protective filter against radiation.
(a)
How high something is above sea level is known as (a) .
