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D - Science - Unit 6
Quiz - Layers of the Atmosphere
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The ozone layer is located in this layer | Stratosphere |
| The uppermost layer of the atmosphere | Exosphere |
| Meteors burn up in this layer. | Mesosphere |
| Weather occurs here | Troposphere |
| Where electrically charged particles are found | Ionosphere |
| The coldest layer of the atmosphere | Mesossphere |
| This layer contains two important sub-layers (or minor layers) | Thermosphere |
| We live here | Troposphere |
| True or False - "Tropos" means changing | True |
| True or False - The hottest temperatures are found in the thermosphere, although we would not feel hot there | True |
| True or False - The ionosphere protects Earth from the Sun's ultraviolet radiation | False |
| True or False - "Thermos" means temperature | False |
| True or False - The Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australias, Northern/Southern Lights, are found in the ionosphere | True |
| True or False - Oxygen is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere, making up 78% of the air we breathe | False |
| True or False - Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place | True |
| True or False - Oxygen and carbon dioxide make up 99% of the air in Earth's atmosphere | False |
| True or False - Nitrogen is a trace gas | False |
| True or False - Most of the mass of the atmosphere is located in the Troposphere | True |