Earth's Evolution and Spheres

Question 1

Earth’s first enduring atmosphere was generated by a process called?

Answer 1

Outgassing

Question 2

Layer of the earth’s sphere

Answer 2

Atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere

Question 3

The bottom layer in which we live, where temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.

Answer 3

Troposphere

Question 4

All weather phenomena occur in this layer.

Answer 4

Troposphere

Question 5

the temperatures increase , because it is in this layer that the atmosphere’s zone is concentrated.

Answer 5

Stratosphere

Question 6

the temperatures again decrease with height.

Answer 6

Mesosphere

Question 7

Coldest region in the atmosphere

Answer 7

Mesosphere

Question 8

extremely rarefied air of this outer most layer, temperatures again increase, owing to the absorption of very short-wave, high-energy solar radiation by atoms of oxygen and nitrogen.

Answer 8

Thermosphere

Question 9

Temperatures rise to extremely high values of more than 1000°C in the ____________.

Answer 9

Thermosphere

Question 10

Temperatures rise to extremely high values of more than 1000°C in the ______________.

Answer 10

Thermosphere

Question 11

hydrosphere covers about how many percent of the earth

Answer 11

70

Question 12

those portions of Earth’s surface where water is in solid form

Answer 12

Cryosphere

Question 13

Other term for biosphere

Answer 13

Ecosphere

Question 14

Zone of life in the earth

Answer 14

Biosphere

Question 15

the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships.

Answer 15

Biosphere

Question 16

This sphere includes all the stuff that make up the crust and the core of the earth.

Answer 16

Geosphere