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science 5th grade
earths atmosphere
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Troposphere is the ____________ part of the atmosphere - the part we live in. | lowest |
| Troposphere contains most of our _____________ such as clouds, rain, and snow. | weather |
| Troposphere contains __________ of all the air in the atmosphere. | 75% |
| Troposphere has __________ to breath and ______________ to grow and stay healthy. | oxygen nitrogen |
| How many miles thick is the troposphere? | 11 miles high enough for planes to fly in. |
| The stratosphere is ________________ the troposphere and reaches about 30 miles high. | above |
| The stratophere contains the _______________ which is very important for our protection. | ozone layer |
| The ozone layer in the stratophere protects us by absorbing the dangerous _______________________ | uv radiation |
| The ozone in the stratophere protects us from skin cancer and other ____________ damage. | health |
| The mesosphere reaches up to _________ miles from the earth's surface. | 50 |
| The mesosphere is very important for our ________________ as well. | protection |
| mesorsphere protects us from ________________ or rocks from our solar system, they are burned up in the layers. | metors |
| Without the mesosphere meteors would hit the earth making _________________ like our moon. | craters |
| We call the metors ________________. | shooting stars |
| The thermoshere extends _________ miles above the Earth and is considered the edge of ____________________. | 436 outer space |
| An electrical layer created by ions is found in the thermosphere which is used to transmit _____________ waves. | radio |
| The electrical layer in the thermosphere also causes the Northern Lights, a brilliant light display seen in the _____________ regions of earth. | northern |
| The exosphere is high above the Earth the _____________ layer of our atmosphere. | 5th |
| The exposphere layer extend into ________ and has no definite boundry to where it ends. | space |
| _______________ revolve around the earth in the exposphere | satellites |