QuizEST

Question 1

What does DRY MIX mean

Answer 1

Dependent Right side/Responsive Y axis
Manipulative Independet X axis

Question 2

What happens to pressure when going up?

Answer 2

Alt up Pressure down

Question 3

Major gasses of the air

Answer 3

Nitrogen 78%
Oxygen 21%
Argon 0.93%
Carbon Dioxide 0.03%

Question 4

What is a variable gas+give and example

Answer 4

Amount of it in the atmosphere changes as you go up

Carbon Dioxide

Question 5

What is a fixed gas+give and example

Answer 5

The amount of the gas stays the same as you change in altitude

Oxygen

Question 6

What happens to temperatures in altitude (sigma graph)

Answer 6

Temp goes down and then at pause it goes up and then it goes down etc.

Question 7

What is a pause

Answer 7

Area between atmospheric layers where temp layers off

Question 8

Where is most atmosphere weather found

Answer 8

Troposphere

Question 9

Earths diameter/circumference (miles and km)

Answer 9

8,000 miles
12,500 km

Question 10

What are the light shows called

Answer 10

Aurora borealis
Aurora australis

Question 11

What causes the auroras

Answer 11

Magnetosphere is hit by solar winds which causes green and purple colors to appear in the sky in the Ionosphere

Question 12

How many satellites (ish)

Answer 12

3,000

Question 13

Meteoroid

Answer 13

A chip of rock or metal

Question 14

Meteorite

Answer 14

A meteoroid that hits the earth

Question 15

Meteor

Answer 15

A meteoroid that enters earths atmosphere

Question 16

What is CFC

Answer 16

The thing that destroys the ozone

Question 17

Does the moon rotate

Answer 17

No

Question 18

Does the moon revolve

Answer 18

Yes