Earth's Spheres and Layers of the Atmosphere

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Jennifer LaSanta

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Earth's Spheres

Multiple Choice

Most of the mass in Earth's atmosphere is found:

In the exosphere.

In the stratosphere.

In the thermosphere.

In the troposphere.

Multiple Choice

The ozone layer is a sublayer of the ________ layer.

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Exosphere

Mesosphere

The Cryosphere

Includes water in solid form (ice).

Examples: sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground.

Thus, there is a wide overlap with the hydrosphere.

Multiple Choice

What is a reservoir?

Natural location where rocks are stored.

Natural location where clouds are made.

Natural location where water is stored.

Multiple Choice

The rock, dust, soil, and minerals of the Earth's solid crust and outer mantle make up the ____

Biosphere

Geosphere

Cryosphere

Atmosphere

Multiple Choice

The graph shows how temperature changes with altitude in the Earth's atmosphere. In the troposphere...

Temperature decreases as altitude increases

Temperature increases as altitude increases

Temperature alternately increases and decreases as altitude increases

Temperature stays the same as altitude increases

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