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Science Explainer - Earth's Atmosphere: A jacket for the planet

Last updated 11 months ago

3 questions

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Read the passage: Earth's Atmosphere: A Jacket for the Planet.  Then answer the questions below.

Instructions

Read the passage: Earth's Atmosphere: A Jacket for the Planet.  Then answer the questions below.

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Question 1

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Drag each answer choice into the correct space. Not all answer choices will be used.

The ______________  is the ______________  layer and has no breathable air.

Other Answer Choices:

innermost

stratosphere

outermost

exosphere

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Question 2

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Drag each characteristic to the layer of the atmosphere it belongs to.

contains gases that help stop meteors
contains the air we breathe and the weather occurs here
contains the ozone layer which helps protect us from harmful UV radiation

Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere

Question 3

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Which of the following statements are true about Earth's atmosphere? Select two correct answers.

The temperature in each layer of the atmosphere is the same.

Some layers of the atmosphere can change based on energy from the sun.

The atmosphere has different thicknesses at certain points around Earth.

Sound can be made and carried through all the layers of the atmosphere.

All layers of the atmosphere have breathable air.