Chapter 15 Atmosphere
Review Game
1) What percentage of the
atmosphere is made up of
Oxygen?
1) What percentage of the
atmosphere is made up of
Oxygen?
21%
2) What percentage of the
atmosphere is made up of
nitrogen?
2) What percentage of the
atmosphere is made up of
nitrogen?
78%
3) Why is the atmosphere
important to living things?
3) Why is the atmosphere
important to living things?
Provides all gases needed to
survive
4) What is photochemical
smog?
4) What is photochemical
smog?
Interaction of pollutants and
sunlight
5) What is the biggest source of
air pollution?
5) What is the biggest source of
air pollution?
Fossil fuels
6) When a barometer is rising
what is the air pressure doing?
6) When a barometer is rising
what is the air pressure doing?
Rising
7) When you go up in altitude
what happens to the air
density?
7) When you go up in altitude
what happens to the air
density?
Decreases
8) Water in the form of a gas is
called: (2 words)
8) Water in the form of a gas is
called: (2 words)
Water vapor
11) Sulfur oxides and nitrogen
oxides combine with water to
produce:
11) Sulfur oxides and nitrogen
oxides combine with water to
produce:
Acid rain
12) What does a barometer
measure?
12) What does a barometer
measure?
Air pressure
13) Where does air pressure act
on your roof?
13) Where does air pressure act
on your roof?
Above and below the roof
14) How is an aneroid
barometer different from a
mercury barometer?
14) How is an aneroid
barometer different from a
mercury barometer?
Aneroid barometers do not use
a liquid
15) What happens to air
pressure as altitude increases?
15) What happens to air
pressure as altitude increases?
It decreases
16) The main layers of the
atmosphere are classified
according to what?
16) The main layers of the
atmosphere are classified
according to what?
Temperature
17) The layer of atmosphere
where weather occurs is called?
17) The layer of atmosphere
where weather occurs is called?
Troposphere
18) List the main layers of the
atmosphere from the surface
up:
18) List the main layers of the
atmosphere from the surface
up:
Troposphere, Stratosphere,
Mesosphere, Thermosphere
19)What does the ozone layer
block?
19)What does the ozone layers
block?
Ultraviolet light
20) Which layer is closest to
outer space?
20) Which layer is closest to
outer space?
Thermosphere, (exosphere)
21 Ozone gas is a form of
oxygen with how many oxygen
atoms?
21 Ozone gas is a form of
oxygen with how many oxygen
atoms?
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