Atmosphere Unit District Assessment

Temperature decreases as altitude increases in the Thermosphere.

• True
• False

What is the first layer of the atmosphere?

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere

Which layer is the outer?

• Troposhere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

Which layer of the atmosphere is above the troposphere?

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

The most common gas in the atmosphere.

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Trace gases

The layers of the atmosphere are separated according to this change. 

• Altitude 
• Elevation
• Temperature
• Distance from the sun

Which of the following is NOT one of the FOUR main greenhouse gases?

• carbon dioxide

• mathane

• oxygen

• water vapor

Which absorbs and releases heat the quickest?

• water
• land
• they are the same

Where does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds?

• the moon
• the Sun
• the Earth's surface
• the rotation of the Earth

When Earth's rotation causes the wind to curve 

• cloudy 
• Coriolis effect
• high pressure
• low pressure