Layers of the atmosphere Review

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Troposphere

,

(b) Stratosphere

,

(c) Mesosphere

,

(d) Thermosphere

• 75% of the mass of the atmosphere

• the ozone layer

• weather balloons

• coldest layer

• International space station

• meteors burn up

• hottest layer

• almost all weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Place the labels where they belong in this diagram of what happens to air molecules when thermal energy (heat) is added to them.

c

b

d

e

a

air molecules spread out and rise

air molecules move closer and sink

air molecules begin to slow down

air molecules begin to move faster

air molecules begin to cool

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Move the label to the correct spot in the picture to explain what happens to temperature as altitude increases. Start with the layer where we live.

a

b

c

d

temperature increases again

temperature increases

temperature decreases

temperature decreases again

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Reorder the following. Put the layers of the atmosphere in order from the surface of Earth to outer space. 1 is the layer we live in.

a

b

c

d

mesosphere

stratosphere

thermosphere

troposphere

In which layers does air pressure decrease as altitude increases?

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

In which layer(s) does air pressure decrease as altitude increases? Check all that apply.

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

In which layer(s) of the atmosphere does temperature increase as altitude increases? Check all that apply.

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

In which layer(s) of the atmosphere does temperature decrease as altitude increase? Check all that apply.

• tropsphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

Match the following

• Ozone layer

• mesosphere

• meteors burn up

• troposphere

• most weather occurs

• thermosphere

• international space station

• stratosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the following

• aurora borealis

• mesosphere

• weather ballons

• thermosphere

• coldest layer

• stratosphere

• we live here

• troposphere