WorksheetsAtmosphere Test
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name
4 lines
2.
What is the layer closest to earth?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Thermosphere
3.
What is the layer 2nd closest to earth?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Thermosphere
4.
What is the layer 3rd closest to earth?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Thermosphere
5.
What is the layer 4th closest to earth?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Thermosphere
6.
What is the layer 5th closest to earth?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Thermosphere
7.
What is the second atmospheric layer from the ground?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Thermosphere
8.
What is the third atmospheric layer from the ground?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Thermosphere
9.
What is the fourth atmospheric layer from the ground?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Thermosphere
10.
What layer protects us by burning up most meteors?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Thermosphere
11.
What layer does most weather occur in?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Thermosphere
12.
What is the coldest layer in the atmosphere?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Thermosphere
13.
What is the hottest layer in the atmosphere?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
e)
Thermosphere
14.
What gas makes up around 21% of our atmosphere?
a)
Methane
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Carbon Dioxide
15.
What happens to temperature as you go higher in the troposphere?
a)
It gets hotter
b)
It gets colder
c)
It stays the same
d)
It is always changing
16.
What atmospheric layer has most of the clouds?
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Troposphere
d)
Mesosphere
17.
What is the atmospheric layer closest to the ground?
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Stratosphere
18.
What layer of the atmosphere has the aurora borealis in it?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Troposphere
d)
Thermosphere
19.
What layer has the ozone layer in it?
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Stratosphere
20.
What does the ozone layer do?
a)
It protects us from violent solar flares.
b)
It protects us from meteors.
c)
It helps us breathe.
d)
It protects us from ultra violet radiation.
21.
What is the most common gas in the atmosphere?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Carbon Dioxide
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Methane
22.
What is the atmosphere?
a)
A layer of fluids surrounding an object.
b)
A layer of gas surrounding a planet or moon.
c)
A cloud of gas that allows us to breathe.
d)
A layer of oxygen that surrounds a planet or moon.
23.
What happens to temperature as you go higher in the stratosphere?
a)
It stays the same
b)
It gets hotter
c)
It gets colder
d)
It is always changing
24.
What makes up less than 1% of the atmosphere?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Carbon Dioxide
d)
Water Vapor and Other Gases
25.
What is the aurora borealis most commonly called?
a)
The Northern Lights
b)
The Southern Radiation
c)
The Ionic Particles
d)
A Rainbow
26.
What layer do weather balloons reach before they burst?
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Thermosphere
27.
At what layer do most airplanes fly at the top of?
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Thermosphere
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