Atmosphere Basics

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8th - 11th Grade
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Sara Spoo
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What gas needed to be established in Earth’s atmosphere before the atmosphere was able to absorb and maintain heat?
Carbon Dioxide
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Hydrogen
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is one way human actions can affect the atmosphere?
Burning fossil fuels reduces convection
Passing through the atmosphere using airplanes and rockets disrupts the jet stream
Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, increasing the greenhouse effect
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name for the blanket of air (mixture of gases) surrounding the Earth?
Cyanobacteria
Atmosphere
Clouds
Ozone
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do scientists base the division of the atmosphere on?
Sudden changes in air pressure
Sudden changes in temperature
Sudden changes in magnetic declination
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The ozone layer protects life on Earth from …
Ultraviolet Rays
Gamma Rays
Infrared Rays
X-Rays
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the greenhouse effect?
The warming of Earth’s atmosphere by radiation
The process in which the atmosphere prevents energy from leaving Earth, trapping heat
The heating of Earth by the Sun
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS2-4
NGSS.HS-ESS2-6
NGSS.HS-ESS3-5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which layer of the atmosphere is most dense?
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
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