Atmosphere - 1

Atmosphere

• The blanket of air that surrounds Earth

• All the water that covers Earth

• All the rocks and minerals that make up Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Density

• an object's mass divided by its volume

• How much space something takes up

• How much matter is in an object; measured in grams

• a measure of how many particles are packed together into a certain amount of space

Pressure

• how much space something takes up

• the force that air puts on an area

• how much matter is in an object

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which describes the troposphere? (Select all that apply)

• lowest layer

• uppermost layer

• temperature decreases as altitude increases, and pressure decreases as altitude increases

• temperature increases as altitude increases, and pressure decreases as altitude decreases

Which describes the stratosphere?

• contains the ozone layer

• pressure increases as altitude increases

• temperature increases as altitude increases

• density increases with altitude

Ozone is a gas that...

• that we need to breathe in

• that we exhale

• absorbs UV light

• absorbs heat

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

The ozone layer is in the...

• trophosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• ionosphere

Concentration of nitrogen in the atmosphere

• 21%

• 55%

• 78%

• 95%

Concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere

• 15%

• 21%

• 78%

• 95%

Trace gases in the atmosphere include... (Select all that apply)

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• argon

• nitrogen