WorksheetsAtmosphere Quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the layer of atmosphere called in section 1?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Ozone Layer
2.
What is the layer of atmosphere called in section 2?
a)
Ozone Layer
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
e)
Mesosphere
3.
What is the layer of atmosphere called in section 3?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Thermosphere
c)
Troposphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Ozone Layer
4.
What is the layer of atmosphere called in section 4?
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
e)
Ozone Layer
5.
What is the layer of atmosphere called in section 5?
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Troposphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Ozone Layer
6.
What is the layer of atmosphere called in section 6?
a)
Exosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
e)
Mesosphere
7.
Ozone is a gas made up of four oxygen atoms.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
In addition to Earth, many of the other planets in the Solar System have atmospheres.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
The main function of the ozone layer is to shield the Earth from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The layer of gases that surrounds Earth is called the ___________________.
a)
atmosphere
b)
nitrogen
c)
oxygen
d)
ionosphere
11.
_________________ makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Oxygen
d)
Ionosphere
12.
__________________ makes up about 21% of Earth's atmosphere.
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Oxygen
d)
Ionosphere
13.
The _________________ contains the uppermost part of the mesosphere and the lower part of the thermosphere.
a)
atmosphere
b)
nitrogen
c)
oxygen
d)
ionosphere
14.
What layer of the atmosphere does weather occur in?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
15.
What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
16.
What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
17.
What is the hottest layer of the atmosphere?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
18.
In which layer of the atmosphere do Aurora Borealis (northern lights) appear?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
19.
What layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer found?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
20.
In which layer of the atmosphere do meteorites burn?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
21.
In which layer of atmosphere is temperature increasing with increasing altitude?
a)
Thermosphere and Mesosphere
b)
Troposphere and Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere and Troposphere
d)
Thermosphere and Stratosphere
22.
How does atmospheric pressure change with altitude?
a)
decreases
b)
stays the same
c)
increases
d)
both increases and decreases
23.
Which is the lowest layer of the atmosphere?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Thermosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Troposphere
24.
_________________, a warming of Earth's surface and the lowest layer of the atmosphere caused by the presence of carbon dioxide, and certain other gases in the air.
a)
Ozone layer
b)
Carbon cycle
c)
Greenhouse effect
d)
Climate change
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