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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Stratosphere
In which atmosphere layer does weather occur?
Exosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Which elemental gas makes up 78% of the Earth's troposphere? (ESRT p. 1)
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Helium
Generally, as altitude increases, what happens to air pressure?
It increases.
It decreases.
It stays the same.
It changes within each atmosphere layer.
Which atmosphere layer contains the Ozone Layer?
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Exosphere
Which gas makes up 21% of all gases in the troposphere? (p. 1 ESRT)
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Neon
Helium
What happens to water vapor concentration as altitude increases?
it decreases
it increases
it decreases then increases
it stays the same
Which is NOT an example of a greenhouse gas?
methane
carbon dioxide
nitrogen
water vapor
78% of the Earth's atmosphere is ___________ and 21% of the Earth's atmosphere is _____________.
Oxygen, Nitrogen
Nitrogen, Oxygen
Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
Which in the atmosphere protects us from harmful UV radiation?
Ozone
Water Vapor
Methane
Sulfur Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide
In which two zones of the atmosphere does temperature decrease with altitude?
Troposphere and Stratosphere
Stratosphere and Mesosphere
Thermosphere and Mesophere
Mesosphere and Troposphere
As altitude within the troposphere increases, the amount of water vapor generally
increases, only
decreases, only
remains the same
decreases, then increases
Most ozone is found in a region of Earth's atmosphere between 10 and 20 miles above Earth's surface. This temperature zone of the atmosphere is known as the
thermosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
troposphere
