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The ozone layer protects life on earth by absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation. The ozone layer is located between 17 kilometers and 35 kilometers above Earth's surface in which atmospheric temperature zone?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

As altitude increases in the troposphere and the stratosphere, the air temperature

• decreases in the troposphere and increases in the stratosphere

• decreases in both the troposphere and the stratosphere

• increases in the troposphere and decreases in the stratosphere

• increases in both the troposphere and stratosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The greatest concentration of water vapor is is which temperature zone of the atmosphere?

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

What change in atmospheric pressure occurs with increasing altitude?

• Pressure increases

• pressure decreases

• pressure decreases, then increases

• pressure increases, then decreases

What is the temperature in degrees Celsius at the tropopause?

• -55 degrees Celsius

• 15 degrees Celsius

• 0 degrees Celsius

• 100 degrees Celsius

The stratopause is found at an altitude of approximately how many miles?

• 10 miles

• 0 miles

• 50 miles

• 32 miles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the approximate location of letter B?

• 80^oN, 0^o
• 0^o, 80^oW
• 80^oS, 0^o
• 0^o, 80^oE

Which letter would you find at 15^oS, 60^oW?

• A

• C

• L

• H

The 0 degree line of longitude that divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

• Prime Meridian
• meridian
• equator
• parallel

0 degrees latitude; an imaginary line that runs around the middle of Earth, like a belt

• Tropic of Cancer
• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Capricorn