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Atmosphere Quiz

The document is a 10 question quiz about Earth's atmosphere. It asks about the main gases in the atmosphere, the order of atmospheric layers from lowest to highest, why it's difficult to breathe at high altitudes, which layer contains clouds, characteristics of different layers like the stratosphere and mesosphere, and identifies the ionosphere as the layer filled with charged particles.

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Atmosphere Quiz

The document is a 10 question quiz about Earth's atmosphere. It asks about the main gases in the atmosphere, the order of atmospheric layers from lowest to highest, why it's difficult to breathe at high altitudes, which layer contains clouds, characteristics of different layers like the stratosphere and mesosphere, and identifies the ionosphere as the layer filled with charged particles.

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1. What gas makes up the majority of the Earth's 6. Which of the following is a true statement about
atmosphere? the stratosphere?
a. Oxygen a. The temperature gets warmer the higher you go
b. Carbon dioxide b. The temperature gets colder the higher you go
c. Argon c. There is more oxygen the higher you go
d. Nitrogen d. There is more carbon dioxide the higher you go

2. What might happen if the earth didn't have an 7. Why is the ozone layer so important?
atmosphere? a. Because it traps most of the sun's heat
a. Everything would go flying off into space b. Because it contains most of the earth's oxygen
b. We wouldn't be able to breathe c. Because it blocks harmful ultraviolet rays
c. The earth's rotation would stop d. Because it allows ultraviolet rays to warm the
d. The seasons would be longer stratosphere

3. Place the following atmospheric layers in 8. Which term accurately describes the
sequence, from lowest to highest: A) Exosphere; mesosphere?
B) Stratosphere; C) Troposphere a. Extremely cold
a. A, C, B b. Extremely warm
b. B, A, C c. Extremely low
c. C, B, A d. Extremely high up
d. C, A, B
9. In the name "thermosphere," the prefix "thermo-
4. Why is it difficult to breathe " refers to what?
at high altitudes? a. Atmospheric gases
b. Altitude
c. Meteors
a. Because you are closer to the sun the higher you go d. Heat
b. Because atmospheric gases become thinner the 10. Which region of the atmosphere is filled with
higher you go charged particles?
c. Because there is more carbon dioxide the higher
a. The troposphere
you go
b. The mesosphere
d. Because there is no oxygen in the troposphere
c. The ionosphere
5. If you wanted to fly through d. The ozone layer
a cloud, which atmospheric
layer would you fly through?

a. The troposphere
b. The mesosphere
c. The ionosphere
d. The exosphere

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