Short Passage Assessment: The Atmosphere (8D)

What’s the name for the layer of the atmosphere in which humans live?

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

What is the Greek word that means, "turning or change"?

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What percentage of the atmosphere is the troposphere?

In which atmospheric layer is the barometric pressure greatest?

• Mesophere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

What 2 changes occur as altitude increases?

• air temperature decreases

• air temperature increases

• air pressure increases

• air pressure decreases

How does the air in the Stratosphere, Mesosphere and Thermosphere differ from the air in the troposphere?

• the air in these layers has less pressure than the air in the Troposphere.

• the air in these layers has more pressure than the air in the Troposphere.

• the air in these layers is more dense than the air in the Troposphere.

• the air in these layers is thinner than the air in the Troposphere.

In which atmospheric layer is the gas ozone?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Based on the context, what does the word “corroborate” mean?

• rusting and corrosive

• rated cooperatively

• contradict

• to support with evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Based on the context, what is the epidermis?

• the outermost layer of skin

• the innermost layer of skin

• the middle layer of skin

• all layers of skin

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Besides sunblock, what other measure, mentioned in the article, should people take to protect themselves from the sun’s rays?

• wear more clothes

• stay out of the sun during the day

• wear sunglasses

• carry a sun umbrella in the summer time

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2