Quiz Friday 4/21 Layers of Atmosphere

Instructions

Please use your notebook for this assignment.

Required

7

Please put the layers of the atmosphere in order, include 1 = Outer space and 7 = Earth's Surface

Stratosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
7 = Earth's Surface (bottom)
1 = Outer space (top)
Exosphere

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1

The atmosphere is composed of mainly

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1

Which gas makes up 21% of the atmosphere

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1

Atmospheric Pressure is all the air particles above you pushing down on you.

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1

The number of particles in our atmosphere __________ with an increase in altitude.

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3

What is the density (spacing) of the particles in the atomsphere

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Top Section of Atmosphere
Bottom Section of Atmosphere
Middle section of Atmosphere

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1

What is the basis for dividing the 4 layers?

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4

As altitude increases, how does the temperature change in each layer?

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4

Why is the temperature in Stratosphere going up?
Answer in a complete sentence

Required

6

Why is the temperature in Thermosphere going up?
Need 2 concepts - heat and particles
Answer in a complete sentence

3

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
		made of ice crystals and look like long, thin, wispy white streamers high in the sky commonly known as "mare's tails" because they are shaped like the tail of a horse
		can grow up to 10 km high high winds will flatten the top of the cloud out into an anvil-like shape are thunderstorm clouds associated with heavy rain, snow, hail, lightning, and sometimes tornadoes
		puffy white or light gray clouds that look like floating cotton balls have sharp outlines and a flat base at a height of 1000m.

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7

Use the information about DISTANCE above

Which layer is the example found in?

	Troposphere	Stratosphere	Mesosphere	Thermosphere
Blackbird SR-70 plane flies at 26 km
bird that flies the highest is at 10 km
International Space Station at 300 km
Meteors burn up at 51-80km
Ozone molecules between 20-30 km

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Quiz Friday 4/21 Layers of Atmosphere

Please put the layers of the atmosphere in order, include 1 = Outer space and 7 = Earth's Surface

The atmosphere is composed of mainly

Which gas makes up 21% of the atmosphere

Atmospheric Pressure is all the air particles above you pushing down on you.

The number of particles in our atmosphere __________ with an increase in altitude.

What is the density (spacing) of the particles in the atomsphere

What is the basis for dividing the 4 layers?

As altitude increases, how does the temperature change in each layer?

Why is the temperature in Stratosphere going up?
Answer in a complete sentence

Why is the temperature in Thermosphere going up?
Need 2 concepts - heat and particles
Answer in a complete sentence

Use the information about DISTANCE above

Which layer is the example found in?

Bonus Question page 109
What are Tropopause, Stratopause, and Mesopause and why is "pause" the last part of the names?

Please put the layers of the atmosphere in order, include 1 = Outer space and 7 = Earth's Surface

The atmosphere is composed of mainly

Which gas makes up 21% of the atmosphere

Atmospheric Pressure is all the air particles above you pushing down on you.

The number of particles in our atmosphere __________ with an increase in altitude.

What is the density (spacing) of the particles in the atomsphere

What is the basis for dividing the 4 layers?

As altitude increases, how does the temperature change in each layer?

Why is the temperature in Stratosphere going up?
Answer in a complete sentence

Why is the temperature in Thermosphere going up?
Need 2 concepts - heat and particles
Answer in a complete sentence

Use the information about DISTANCE above

Which layer is the example found in?

Bonus Question page 109
What are Tropopause, Stratopause, and Mesopause and why is "pause" the last part of the names?

	Temperature Increases	Temperature Decreases
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere

	Temperature Increases	Temperature Decreases
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere

Quiz Friday 4/21 Layers of Atmosphere

Quiz Friday 4/21 Layers of Atmosphere

Please put the layers of the atmosphere in order, include 1 = Outer space and 7 = Earth's Surface

The atmosphere is composed of mainly

Which gas makes up 21% of the atmosphere

Atmospheric Pressure is all the air particles above you pushing down on you.

The number of particles in our atmosphere __________ with an increase in altitude.

What is the density (spacing) of the particles in the atomsphere

What is the basis for dividing the 4 layers?

As altitude increases, how does the temperature change in each layer?

Why is the temperature in Stratosphere going up?Answer in a complete sentence

Why is the temperature in Thermosphere going up?Need 2 concepts - heat and particlesAnswer in a complete sentence

Use the information about DISTANCE above Which layer is the example found in?

Bonus Question page 109What are Tropopause, Stratopause, and Mesopause and why is "pause" the last part of the names?

Please put the layers of the atmosphere in order, include 1 = Outer space and 7 = Earth's Surface

The atmosphere is composed of mainly

Which gas makes up 21% of the atmosphere

Atmospheric Pressure is all the air particles above you pushing down on you.

The number of particles in our atmosphere __________ with an increase in altitude.

What is the density (spacing) of the particles in the atomsphere

What is the basis for dividing the 4 layers?

As altitude increases, how does the temperature change in each layer?

Why is the temperature in Stratosphere going up?Answer in a complete sentence

Why is the temperature in Thermosphere going up?Need 2 concepts - heat and particlesAnswer in a complete sentence

Use the information about DISTANCE above Which layer is the example found in?

Bonus Question page 109What are Tropopause, Stratopause, and Mesopause and why is "pause" the last part of the names?

Why is the temperature in Stratosphere going up?
Answer in a complete sentence

Why is the temperature in Thermosphere going up?
Need 2 concepts - heat and particles
Answer in a complete sentence

Use the information about DISTANCE above

Which layer is the example found in?

Bonus Question page 109
What are Tropopause, Stratopause, and Mesopause and why is "pause" the last part of the names?

Why is the temperature in Stratosphere going up?
Answer in a complete sentence

Why is the temperature in Thermosphere going up?
Need 2 concepts - heat and particles
Answer in a complete sentence

Use the information about DISTANCE above

Which layer is the example found in?

Bonus Question page 109
What are Tropopause, Stratopause, and Mesopause and why is "pause" the last part of the names?