Layers of the Atmosphere
Gases
Composition of Atmosphere
Bad things
Improvements
100
The Troposphere
What is the first layer of the atmosphere?
100
Oxygen
What is the gas that makes up 1/3 of the atmosphere?
100
2/3 of the atmosphere
What is the amount of the atmosphere that the gas nitrogen makes up?
100
Pollutants
What are harmful substances that go into the water and air and are harmful to living things?
100
The EPA
What is the agency that monitors air pollutant levels?
200
The Stratosphere
What is the second layer of the atmosphere?
200
The Ozone Layer
What is the layer which is made of oxygen molecules that have 3 oxygen atoms?
200
1/3 of the atmosphere
What is the amount of the atmosphere the gas oxygen makes up?
200
Photochemical Smog
What is a brownish haze that comes from the exhausts of cars and the chimneys of factories?
200
Use Public Transport
What is a good way to reduce the amount of cars on the roads?
300
The Mesosphere
What is the coldest layer in Atmosphere?
300
Nitrogen
What is the gas that makes up 2/3 of the atmosphere?
300
Argon
What is is the most common gas in the "Other gases" group that makes up the atmosphere?
300
Acid Rain
What is a form of precipitation that is unusually acidic?
300
Environment Friendly cars
What are cars that don't produce as much pollutants as other cars?
400
The Troposphere
What is the hottest layer of the Atmosphere?
400
Water Vapor
What is the most common other gas that makes up the atmosphere?
400
Carbon Dioxide
What is is the second most common gas in the "Other gases" group that makes up the atmosphere?
400
Coal
What is a substance that is burned for fuel and can cause acid rain to form?
400
Less polluting power plants
What are power plants that don't pollute as much as normal ones?
500
The Exosphere
Which layer contains the lightest gases in the universe?
500
NO 2
What is the scientific notation for nitrous oxide?
500
Hydrogen
What is the least common gas in the "Other gases" group that makes up the atmosphere?
500
Ozone
What is the most common substance in smog? (Hint: It starts with an O.)
500
Electric cars
What is the kind of cars that don't use gasoline for fuel but uses electricity instead?
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