Atmosphere

Which greenhouse gas is responsible for trapping the greatest amount of heat?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Ozone

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

As altitude goes up, air pressure goes_________.

• Stays the same

• Goes up

• Goes Down

• Gets hotter

Our atmosphere does each of the following except.

• Help regulate rain fall

• Provides safety from the sun’s harmful rays

• Destroys a lot of space debris

• Helps maintain the right temperature for life.

Meteoroids burn up in this layer of the atmosphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

The process where the Earth’s atmosphere absorbs and gives off infrared radiation from the sun.

• Ozone

• Greenhouse

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

Ozone is found in this layer of the atmosphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

This gas absorbs most solar radiation.

• Ozone

• Greenhouse

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

How does the atmosphere help to moderate earth's temperatures?

• By allowing the majority of the heat to escape

• By keeping heat away from the earth

• By trapping heat in

• By allowing water to leave the cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What would happen to Earth's temperatures if there were not atmosphere.

• Nothing it would just stay the same

• At night it would be fridged and in the day it would be scorching

• At night it would be hot and in the day it would be cold

• It would be cold both day and night.

The Earth's atmosphere is mainly made of

• water

• snow

• wax

• air