HON Science - Energy on Earth Unit Review

The Layers of Atmosphere

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Troposhere

,

(b) Stratosphere

,

(c) mesophere

,

(d) thermosphere

• where weather occurs

• divided into two additional layers

• where bad ozone (smog) is found

• temperatures decrease

• protects us from meteors

• where good ozone is found

• temperatures increase in this layer

• temperatures increase in this laye

• where the majority of clouds form

• we live here

• temperatures decrease in this layer

As you go up in altitude, temperatures....

• increase

• decrease

• are humid

• are dry

What is the purpose of ozone

• protects us from smog

• protects us from too much UV radiation

• protects us from evil

• protects us from pollution

What layer protects us from meteors

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

Temperatures INCREASE in these (2) layers

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Temperatures DECREASE in these (2) layers

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Which layer of the atmosphere has two additional layers?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

What are the two additional layers of the Thermosphere

• stratosphere and exosphere

• ionosphere and mesosphere

• ionosphere and exosphere

• exosphere and thermosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the following

• has ionosphere and exosphere

• thermosphere

• merges into space

• ionosphere

• has the Northern Lights

• exosphere

What is ozone?

• layers of the atmosphere

• Clouds formed in the troposphere

• a form of oxygen with three oxygen atoms bonded in each molecule

• 71% nitrogen and 21% oxygen

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1