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Atmosphere Lesson One

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 30 and 50 miles (50 and 80 km) in altitude.

a)

Exosphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Relative Humidity

d)

Thermosphere

2.

An atmosphere is the layers of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body.

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Precipitation

c)

Stratosphere

d)

Mesosphere

3.

the action or process of circulating heated air

a)

Condensation

b)

Radiation

c)

Conduction

d)

Convection

4.

the lowest region of the atmosphere

a)

Troposphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Exosphere

d)

Atmosphere

5.

is a layer of Earth's atmosphere. It is the second layer of the atmosphere as you go upward.

a)

Thermosphere

b)

Cirrus

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Stratosphere

6.

process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature

a)

Radiation

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection

d)

Condensation

7.

the region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases

a)

Troposphere

b)

Thermosphere

c)

Density

d)

Exosphere

8.

is energy that comes from a source and travels through space at the speed of light. This energy has an electric field and a magnetic field associated with it, and has wave-like properties.

a)

Conduction

b)

Condensation

c)

Radiation

d)

Convection

9.

Natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases

a)

Radiation

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Relative Humidity

d)

Latent Heat

10.

the outermost region of a planet's atmosphere

a)

Troposphere

b)

Exosphere

c)

Thermosphere

d)

Mesosphere