Atmosphere Mccurdy
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- 1.What is the hottest layer of the atmosphere, which can reach temperatures above 1500 degrees Celcius?
- A.
Troposphere
- B.
Thermosphere
- C.
Mesosphere
- D.
Stratosphere
- 2.Which gas along with carbon dioxide makes up most of the 1% of the atmosphere that is not taken up by Nitrogen and Oxygen?
- A.
Nitrogen
- B.
Helium
- C.
Methane
- D.
Laughing Gas
- E.
Argon
- 3.The Troposphere contains 90% of all of the mass in the atmosphere
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.The ______________________________ is the layer of the atmosphere where meteoroids burn up.
- 5.
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The image above shows the brilliant naturally occuring light display in the ionosphere that is known as the __________________?- A.
Smoke Monster
- B.
Aurora Nebraskas
- C.
Northern Lights
- D.
Neons in the Sky
- 6.This is the only layer in the atmosphere that is divided into two other layers, the ionosphere and the exosphere.
- A.
Troposphere
- B.
Mesosphere
- C.
Stratosphere
- D.
Thermosphere
- E.
McCurdosphere
- 7.Nitrogen makes up approximately 34% of our atmosphere.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8._______________ is the gas that almost all fuel types need to burn.
- 9.Plants breathe in ___________ ____________ so that they can put out oxygen
- 10.______________ is a layer of gas that resides in the stratosphere. It is created when lightning reacts with oxygen in the atmosphere.
- 11.What percentage of the atmosphere is made up of oxygen
- A.
34
- B.
78
- C.
21
- D.
17
- 12.The condition of earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place is called ________________.
- A.
Barometric pressure
- B.
Temperature
- C.
Freezing point
- D.
Weather
- E.
Atmosphere
- 13.Water in gas form is called ____________ _____________.
- 14.The layers of the atmosphere are grouped according to the type of gas in them.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Satellites orbit the earth in the Exosphere.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.The word Tropo means change.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.This is the coldest layer of the atmosphere.
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