ATMOSPHERE

Question 1

Prefix Tropo

Answer 1

Change

Question 2

Prefix Strato

Answer 2

Level/layer

Question 3

Prefix Meso

Answer 3

Middle

Question 4

Prefix Ion

Answer 4

Charged particles

Question 5

Prefix Thermo

Answer 5

Heat

Question 6

Prefix Exo

Answer 6

Outer

Question 7

What is the full names of auroras

Answer 7

Aurora borealis (North) Aurora Austrialis (South)

Question 8

How are auroras made

Answer 8

They are made when the solar winds carrying charged particles collide with the earths gasses in the magnetosphere

Question 9

What is the coldest layer

Answer 9

Mesosphere

Question 10

Where are auroras formed

Answer 10

Ionosphere

Question 11

What is the most dense layer and why

Answer 11

Thermosphere because all the dense things fall

Question 12

Where is all Weather and Water on Earth

Answer 12

Troposphere

Question 13

What are pauses

Answer 13

The border between two layers in the atmosphere

Question 14

Where do all meteor showers occur

Answer 14

Mesosphere

Question 15

Meteoroids

Answer 15

Anything in space

Question 16

Meteors

Answer 16

Shooting stars, and burn up

Question 17

Meteorites

Answer 17

Strikes the Earth

Question 18

What does O-zone do

Answer 18

It protects us from UV rays

Question 19

Generally as you go up what happens to the density

Answer 19

It gets less dense (more distance between particles)

Question 20

Where do commercial Airplanes fly

Answer 20

Stratosphere

Question 21

the ISS orbits in what Layer of the atmosphere

Answer 21

thermosphere

Question 22

what layers do satellites orbit in

Answer 22

The exosphere and thermosphere

Question 23

How many satalites are there

Answer 23

About 4,000

Question 24

What are the 2 major gasses

Answer 24

Nitrogen and oxygen

Question 25

What percent of Earth atmosphere is made of nitrogen

Answer 25

77%

Question 26

What percent of Earths atmosphere is made of oxygen

Answer 26

21%

Question 27

Does the percent of oxygen and nitrogen relative to other gasses change as you move up in the atmosphere

Answer 27

No it stays the same

Question 28

What is Earth Circumference

Answer 28

24,000 miles

Question 29

What is earths diameter

Answer 29

8,000 miles

Question 30

Is the greenhouse affect good

Answer 30

Yes because without the Earth would much colder and could not sustain life

Question 31

What carries c02

Answer 31

Convection, Currents, and the uneven heating of the Earth

Question 32

What does a “Sigma Graph” Show

Answer 32

The temperature as you go up in elevation

Question 33

Is an atmosphere specific to Earth

Answer 33

No other planets have them as well

Question 34

What is a permanent gas and give an example

Answer 34

A gas that stays in constant quantities like Oxygen or Nitrogen

Question 35

What is a variable gas and give an example

Answer 35

A gas that’s quantities change like water vapor

Question 36

Where is Ozone found

Answer 36

The stratosphere

Question 37

What was the Montreal protocol

Answer 37

It was where over 100 countries banned the use of CFCs to help the ozone layer grow and it shows that countries can work together to help fight climate change

Question 38

What side of the moon is illuminated when it is waxing

Answer 38

the right

Question 39

What side of the moon is illuminated when it is waning

Answer 39

Left

Question 40

How many days does it take to go from a new moon to a quarter moon

Answer 40

7 days