Atmosphere

Question 1

What is the outmost layer of the atmosphere?

Answer 1

exosphere

Question 2

In which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer located?

Answer 2

stratosphere

Question 3

What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere?

Answer 3

mesophere

Question 4

What is the hottest layer of the atmosphere?

Answer 4

thermosphere

Question 5

What layer of the atmosphere can weather be found?

Answer 5

troposphere

Question 6

What layer can airplanes fly in?

Answer 6

stratosphere

Question 7

What can you find in the Exosphere?

Answer 7

Satilites

Question 8

Which layer burns up meteors?

Answer 8

The mesosphere

Question 9

Which layer is closest to the earth?

Answer 9

troposhpere

Question 10

The ionosphere is located at the bottom of which layer in the atmosphere

Answer 10

thermosphere

Question 11

Define:
wind

Answer 11

movement of air (from a high pressure zone to a low pressure zone) caused by the uneven heating of the Earth by the sun.

Question 12

What three ingredients make weather? And which is the most important?

Answer 12

wind, water, and temperature - temperature is most important!

Question 13

How is ambient air heated?

Answer 13

through convection - heat rising off the surface of the earth

Question 14

Define:
oxygen

Answer 14

chemical element with the symbol O, whose gas form is 21% of the Earth’s atmosphere.

Question 15

Define:
precipitation

Answer 15

all forms in which water falls to Earth from the atmosphere.

Question 16

Define:
sea level

Answer 16

base level for measuring elevations. Sea level is determined by measurements taken over a 19-year cycle.

Question 17

define:
weather

Answer 17

state of the atmosphere, including temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloudiness.