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Name ____________________________________
Atmosphere Webquest
Stratosphere
7. What happens to the temperature at higher
altitudes in the stratosphere?
Click on the following links and answer the
questions on your worksheet.
Atmosphere
8. What happens to the air pressure at higher
altitudes in the stratosphere?
1. What is the mixture of gases that is in the
atmosphere?
9. Name at least 3 things that happen in the
stratosphere.
2. How does the atmosphere make life on
Earth possible?
Ozone
Layers of the Atmosphere
10. What is ozone?
3. What are the five main layers of the
atmosphere?
11. Where is the “good” ozone is found and
why is it “good”?
Troposphere
4. What happens to the temperature at higher
12. Where is the “bad” ozone is found and why
is it “bad”?
altitudes in the troposphere?
5. What happens to the air pressure at high
altitudes in the troposphere?
Mesosphere
13. What happens to the temperature at higher
altitudes in the mesosphere?
6. Name at least 5 things that happen in the
troposphere.
14. What happens to the air pressure at higher
altitudes in the mesosphere?
15. Name at least 3 things that happen in the
mesosphere.
23. How is it formed?
24. What kinds of molecules give off green
lights?
Exosphere
25. What happens in the exosphere?
Meteors
16. What do we actually see in the night sky
when we think we are seeing a “shooting
star”?
Overview
26. Which layer is closest to space?
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17. What are meteors made out of?
27. Which layer is closest to earth?
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18. What is the difference between a meteorite
and a meteor?
28. Which layer is the hottest?
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29. Which layer is the coldest?
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Thermosphere
19. What happens to the temperature at higher
altitudes in the thermosphere?
20. What happens to the air pressure at higher
altitudes in the thermosphere?
21. Name at least 3 things that happen in the
thermosphere.
30. Which layer has the largest range in
temperatures?
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31. Which layer would you find an orbiting
space shuttle in?
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32. Which layer is the aurora in?
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33. Which layer does most weather happen in?
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34. Which layer do jets fly in?
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Aurora
22. What is an aurora?