Introduction to Weather

Match the following

• A thin blanket of gases and dust particles that surrounds the earth.

• air pressure

• One of the gases that make up the atmosphere.

• oxygen

• The measure of the distance above sea level .

• atmosphere

• Used to measure air pressure

• barometer

• The weight of the gasses in the atmosphere on a object.

• altitude

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Order the layers of the atmosphere starting with the one closest to the earth.

• Troposphere

• Mesophere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

The percentage of Nitrogen in the atmosphere is ​ (a)  

The percentage of Oxygen in the atmosphere is ​ (b)  

The percentage of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere is ​ (c)   .

• 78 percent
• 20.9 percent
• .03 percent

The troposphere makes up about ​ (a)   of the atmosphere.

• 50 percent
• 40 percent
• 30 percent
• 20 percent
• 10 percent

The atmosphere is held close to the earth by ​ (a)   .

• gravity
• altitude
• air pressure
• barometer

Match the layers of the atmosphere to the correct characteristic.

• gradually fades into space

• Thermosphere

• ozone is found in this layer

• Mesophere

• meteors burn up in this layer

• Troposphere

• weather happens in this layer

• Stratosphere

• weather satellites are found here

• Exosphere

When altitude increases, air pressure ​ (a)   .

• decreases
• increases

Ozone is a form of ​ (a)   .

• oxygen
• nitrogen
• carbon dioxide

What percentage of the atmosphere is Argon?​ (a)  

• 0.93
• 78.03
• 0.002
• 0.001