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ATMOsphere

Highlight or write the correct answer for each question.

1) What is the atmosphere?

a. Where the water lies b. Where the rocks are

c. Where living things occupy d. Layer of gas around the Earth

2) True or False: At higher elevations, the atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide and nitrogen.

a. False b. True

3) What is the weight of air known as?

a. Atmospheric pictures b. Atmospheric pressure

c. Atmospheric punctures d. Atmospheric planks

4) Explain in your own words how atmospheric pressure works.

→The air around you has weight,or air pressure against everything it touches. 

5) What is the importance of the stratosphere?

→The stratosphere is where you’ll find the very important ozone layer. 

6) Which of the following is the layer that is the furthest from the Earth’s surface?

a. Exosphere b. Thermosphere

c. Mesosphere d. Troposphere

7) Explain in your own words how we get the wind.

→The four major wind systems are the Polar and Tropical Easterlies, the Prevailing Westerlies and the Intertropical Convergence Zone. 

8) What has an influence or effect on weather?

a. Being warmed from the Sun b. Air being pushed around the planet

c. The Land and Sea d. All of the above

9) In your own words, explain what happens in the troposphere?

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