Atmosphere Practice Quiz
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TPlease take this quiz to help you study for the atmosphere quiz.
- 1.Write your first and last name below.
- 2.What is the atmospheric layer closest to the ground?
- A.
Mesosphere
- B.
Troposphere
- C.
Thermosphere
- D.
Stratosphere
- 3.What is the second atmospheric layer from the ground?
- A.
Thermosphere
- B.
Stratosphere
- C.
Troposphere
- D.
Mesosphere
- 4.What is the third atmospheric layer from the ground?
- A.
Troposphere
- B.
Thermosphere
- C.
Stratosphere
- D.
Mesosphere
- 5.What is the fourth atmospheric layer from the ground?
- A.
Thermosphere
- B.
Mesosphere
- C.
Troposphere
- D.
Stratosphere
- 6.What layer of the atmosphere has the aurora borealis in it?
- A.
Stratosphere
- B.
Mesosphere
- C.
Troposphere
- D.
Thermosphere
- 7.What layer has the ozone layer in it?
- A.
Mesosphere
- B.
Troposphere
- C.
Thermosphere
- D.
Stratosphere
- 8.What does the ozone layer do?
- A.
It protects us from meteors
- B.
It protects us from violent solar flares
- C.
It protects us from ultra violet radiation
- D.
It helps us breathe
- 9.What layer protects us by burning up most meteors?
- A.
Stratosphere
- B.
Mesosphere
- C.
Troposphere
- D.
Thermosphere
- 10.What layer does most weather occur in?
- A.
Troposphere
- B.
Stratosphere
- C.
Thermosphere
- D.
Mesosphere
- 11.What is the coldest layer in the atmosphere?
- A.
Troposphere
- B.
Thermosphere
- C.
Stratosphere
- D.
Mesosphere
- 12.What is the hottest layer in the atmosphere?
- A.
Mesosphere
- B.
Thermosphere
- C.
Stratosphere
- D.
Troposphere
- 13.What is the most common gas in the atmosphere?
- A.
Oxygen
- B.
Carbon dioxide
- C.
Nitrogen
- D.
Methane
- 14.What gas makes up around 21% of our atmosphere?
- A.
Methane
- B.
Oxygen
- C.
Nitrogen
- D.
Carbon dioxide
- 15.What is an 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.
- 16.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
- 17.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
- 18.What makes up less than 1% of the atmosphere
- A.
Oxygen
- B.
Nitrogen
- C.
Carbon dioxide
- D.
Water vapor and other gases
- 19.What is the aurora borealis most commonly called
- A.
The northern lights
- B.
The southern radiation
- C.
The ionic particles
- D.
A rainbow
- 20.What atmospheric layer has most of the clouds?
- A.
Thermosphere
- B.
Stratosphere
- C.
Troposphere
- D.
Mesosphere
- 21.At what layer do most airplanes fly at the top of?
- A.
Stratosphere
- B.
Thermosphere
- C.
Mesosphere
- D.
Troposphere
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