Weather

What is Altitude?

• Your location on the planet

• Its the same as your latitude

• How high in the sky you are (elevation)

• How far below sea level you are

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere are all what?

• Layers of the atmosphere

• Breaks between the layers of the atmosphere

Tropopause, Stratopause and Mesopause are what?

• Layers of the atmosphere

• Breaks between the layers of the atmosphere

What layer of the atmosphere contains all water vapor?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

As altitude increases through the troposphere, what happens to temperature, pressure and water vapor?

• They all increase

• They all decrease

What is the boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere?

• Tropopause

• Stratopause

• Mesopause

What is the boundary between the Stratosphere and Mesosphere?

• Tropopause

• Stratopause

• Mesopause

What is the boundary between Mesosphere and Thermosphere?

• Tropopause

• Stratopause

• Mesopause

What is the #1 reason why the "pauses" are located where they are in the atmosphere?

• Pressure

• Altitude

• Water vapor

• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6