General Science-Earth's Atmosphere

Question 1

The four layers of the atmosphere are what?

Answer 1

Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere

Question 2

Thermosphere and Mesosphere are WHAT the Ozone?

Answer 2

Top of

Question 3

Stratosphere and Troposphere are WHAT the Ozone?

Answer 3

Below

Question 4

The lowest level of the atmosphere, where all the weather occurs. It is a region of rising and falling packets of air.

Answer 4

Troposphere

Question 5

Depending on the latitude and the season, the Troposphere can range between WHAT NUMBERS in thickness.

Answer 5

6-17 Kilometers Thich.

Question 6

Most of the air surrounding the earth is roughly WHAT and WHAT found in the Troposphere.

Answer 6

79 % Nitrogen

21% Oxygen

Question 7

What is above the Troposphere?

Answer 7

Stratosphere

Question 8

In the Stratosphere, air flow is mostly what?

Answer 8

Horizontal

Question 9

The thin ozone layer is located where?

Answer 9

Upper Stratosphere

Question 10

Primarily responsible for absorbing the UV radiation from the sun.

Answer 10

Ozone Layer

Question 11

The temperature in the Stratosphere is about?

Answer 11

-60 Celsius

Question 12

This is above the Stratosphere, where we see meteoroids fall to the Earth and burn up in the atmosphere.

Answer 12

Mesosphere

Question 13

Mesosphere extends to about how much above Earth’s surface?

Answer 13

90 Kilometers

Question 14

The temperature in the Mesosphere is as low as what?

Answer 14

-90 Celsius

Question 15

Above the Mesosphere is the what?

Answer 15

Thermosphere

Question 16

In the Thermosphere, temperatures will what with the altitude.

Answer 16

Increase

Question 17

Thermosphere has temperatures as high as what?

Answer 17

2,000 Celsius.

Question 18

Why is the Thermosphere so hot?

Answer 18

Because there is little to deflect the solar radiation in this layer.