Chapter 6 Lesson 1 : The Atmosphere
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- Q1Which answer best describes Earth’s atmosphere?mostly carbon dioxide with about 21% oxygenmostly nitrogen with about 21% oxygenmostly nitrogen with about 21% carbon dioxidemostly oxygen with about 21% nitrogen30s
- Q2What causes differences in air temperatures at different altitudes?mainly the way gases radiate lightmainly the way gases absorb solar energymainly the way air radiates solar energymainly the way moisture moves through the atmosphere30s
- Q3What are the two highest layers of the atmosphere?stratosphere, thermospheretroposphere, mesospherethermosphere, mesospheretroposphere, stratosphere30s
- Q4Auroras are caused by electrically charged particles in theionospherehemispheremesospheretroposphere30s
- Q5layered gases, thin air, little moisturemesospherethermospherestratospheretroposphere30s
- Q6coldest layer, temperature decreases as altitude increasesthermospheretropospherestratospheremesosphere30s
- Q7lack of particle density, little thermal energy transfertropospherestratospheremesospherethermosphere30s
- Q8densest layer, contains almost 90% of the atmosphere’s masstropospherestratospheremesospherethermosphere30s