

Lesson on Earth's Atmosphere
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Science
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9th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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3 Slides • 21 Questions
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Earth's atmosphere is similar to a jacket for our planet. It surrounds our planet, keeps us warm, gives us oxygen to breathe, and it is where our weather happens.
The Earth's Atmosphere
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Multiple Choice
Oxygen is about ____ of the atmosphere
21%
2%
78%
0.04%
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Multiple Choice
Which gas makes up 78% of our atmosphere?
oxygen
Carbon dioxide
nitrogen
argon
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Multiple Choice
Which layer of the atmosphere does all weather occur?
exosphere
troposphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
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Multiple Choice
Which layer of the atmosphere helps us by burning up incoming meteors?
exosphere
troposphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
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Multiple Choice
Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
troposphere
thermosphere
methosphere
stratosphere
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Multiple Choice
A compound made of three oxygen atoms is called
acid rain
smog
ozone
carbon dioxide
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Multiple Select
Based on the chart, which layers of the atmosphere have a temperature that decreases as the altitude increases? Check all that apply.
troposphere
stratosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
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Multiple Choice
Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
tropsophere
stratosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
How did scientists determine where the layers of the atmosphere are divided?
a change in elements
a change in compounds
a change in temperature
a change in ozone
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Microbial life forms have been discovered on Earth that can survive and even thrive at extremes of high and low temperature and pressure, and in conditions of acidity, salinity, alkalinity, and concentrations of heavy metals that would have been regarded as lethal just a few years ago.
Life, Chemical Evolution and Climate Change
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Multiple Choice
One of the accepted scientific theories describing the origin of life on Earth is known as chemical evolution. According to this theory, which of the following events would need to occur first for life to evolve?
onset of photosynthesis
origin of genetic material
Synthesis of organic molecules
formation of the plasma membrane
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Multiple Choice
Which types of organisms developed first due to the early environmental conditions on Earth?
prokaryotic and aerobic
prokaryotic and anaerobic
eukaryotic and aerobic
eukaryotic and anaerobic
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Multiple Choice
The diagram below shows a proposed theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells, called endosymbiosis.
Which of the following explains why cells that contained mitochondria-like organelles had an evolutionary advantage?
They were able to photosynthesize
They had more DNA
They were able to make more use of available energy
They were immune to bacterial invasion.
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
A field of science that deals with the study of the coevolution of life and our planet.
Astrophysics
Astrobiology
Genomics
Biochemistry
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Multiple Choice
The study of genetic code that is shared by all life on Earth.
Genetics
Genomics
Astrobiology
Biotechnology
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Open Ended
Explain what is greenhouse effect. What causes greenhouse effect. Is greenhouse effect beneficial to life?
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