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Question 1

Atmosphere

Answer 1

The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

Question 2

Altitude

Answer 2

The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.

Question 3

Density

Answer 3

The degree of compactness of a substance.

Question 4

Troposphere

Answer 4

The lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere.

Question 5

Stratosphere

Answer 5

The layer of the earth’s atmosphere above the troposphere.

Question 6

Mesosphere

Answer 6

The region of the earth’s atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere.

Question 7

Thermosphere

Answer 7

A layer of Earth’s atmosphere that is directly above the mesosphere and below the exosphere.

Question 8

Exosphere

Answer 8

The outermost region of a planet’s atmosphere.

Question 9

Temperature

Answer 9

The degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.

Question 10

Nitrogen

Answer 10

The chemical element of atomic number 7, a colorless, odorless unreactive gas that forms about 78 percent of the earth’s atmosphere.

Question 11

Carbon Dioxide

Answer 11

A colorless, odorless gas that is present in the atmosphere and is formed when any fuel containing carbon is burned.

Question 12

Oxygen

Answer 12

A colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.

Question 13

Air Pressure

Answer 13

The force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth.

Question 14

Concentration

Answer 14

The action or power of focusing one’s attention or mental effort.

Question 15

Condition

Answer 15

The state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order.

Question 16

Constant

Answer 16

Occurring continuously over a period of time.

Question 17

Continuous

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Forming an unbroken whole; without interruption.

Question 18

Composition

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The nature of something’s ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.

Question 19

Elevation

Answer 19

The action or fact of elevating or being elevated.

Question 20

Generate

Answer 20

Cause (something, especially an emotion or situation) to arise or come about.

Question 21

Hazard

Answer 21

Any source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effects on something or someone.

Question 22

Increase

Answer 22

Become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree.

Question 23

Influence

Answer 23

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.

Question 24

Inhabitable

Answer 24

Suitable to live in; habitable.

Question 25

Instability

Answer 25

Lack of stability; the state of being unstable.

Question 26

Layer

Answer 26

A sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body.

Question 27

Moderate

Answer 27

Average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.

Question 28

Monitor

Answer 28

An instrument or device used for observing, checking, or keeping a continuous record of a process or quantity.

Question 29

Originate

Answer 29

Have a specified beginning.

Question 30

Pollutant

Answer 30

A substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere.

Question 31

Property

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A thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively.

Question 32

Radiation

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The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization.

Question 33

Region

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An area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

Question 34

Relative

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Considered in relation or in proportion to something else.

Question 35

Solar

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Relating to or determined by the sun.

Question 36

Stable

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(Of an object or structure) Not likely to give way or overturn, firmly fixed.

Question 37

Structure

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The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.

Question 38

Surface

Answer 38

The outside part or uppermost layer of something (often used when describing its texture, form, or extent).

Question 39

Uninhabitable

Answer 39

(Of a place) unsuitable for living in.