The Earth's atmosphere
9th grade (Year 10 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.HS-ESS2-6, NGSS.HS-ESS2-7 · England: KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere, KS4 Combined Science: Earth and atmospheric science
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Question 1
What happened to much of the carbon dioxide in the early atmosphere?
- A. It is all still in the air
- B. It turned into nitrogen
- C. It dissolved in oceans and was locked up in rocks and fossil fuels
- D. It escaped to the Moon
Question 2
Air is about 21% oxygen. About how many cm³ of oxygen are in 500 cm³ of air?
Answercm³
Question 3
The bar chart shows the composition of dry air (%). How many percentage points more nitrogen than oxygen is there?
Answer%
Question 4
What happened to much of the carbon dioxide in the early atmosphere?
- A. It is all still in the air
- B. It dissolved in oceans and was locked up in rocks and fossil fuels
- C. It turned into nitrogen
- D. It escaped to the Moon
Question 5
Air is about 21% oxygen. About how many cm³ of oxygen are in 200 cm³ of air?
Answercm³
Question 6
The bar chart shows the composition of dry air (%). How many percentage points more nitrogen than oxygen is there?
Answer%
Question 7
Early Earth's atmosphere was mostly…
- A. argon
- B. oxygen
- C. carbon dioxide, with water vapour, released by volcanoes
- D. helium
Question 8
Air is about 21% oxygen. About how many cm³ of oxygen are in 200 cm³ of air?
Answercm³
Question 9
The bar chart shows the composition of dry air (%). How many percentage points more nitrogen than oxygen is there?
Answer%
Question 10
Early Earth's atmosphere was mostly…
- A. helium
- B. argon
- C. carbon dioxide, with water vapour, released by volcanoes
- D. oxygen
Question 11
Air is about 21% oxygen. About how many cm³ of oxygen are in 1000 cm³ of air?
Answercm³
Question 12
The bar chart shows the composition of dry air (%). About what percentage is argon and other gases?
Answer%
Question 13
Early Earth's atmosphere was mostly…
- A. oxygen
- B. helium
- C. carbon dioxide, with water vapour, released by volcanoes
- D. argon
Question 14
Air is about 21% oxygen. About how many cm³ of oxygen are in 1000 cm³ of air?
Answercm³
Question 15
The bar chart shows the composition of dry air (%). How many percentage points more nitrogen than oxygen is there?
Answer%
Question 16
Where did most of the oxygen in today's atmosphere come from?
- A. the oceans boiling
- B. volcanoes
- C. photosynthesis by algae and plants over billions of years
- D. the Sun
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