MCQ Chapter 3 Atmosphere and Climate Class 9 Social Science CBSE Board Advertisement 1. What is the blanket of air surrounding the Earth called?BiosphereAtmosphereHydrosphereLithosphereQuestion 1 of 202. What keeps the Earth's atmosphere surrounding the planet?Earth's gravityOcean currentsSolar radiationMagnetic stormsQuestion 2 of 203. Which two gases are the most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?Carbon dioxide and oxygenHydrogen and heliumNitrogen and oxygenArgon and nitrogenQuestion 3 of 204. Which gas makes up about 78% of the Earth's atmosphere?OxygenCarbon dioxideArgonNitrogenQuestion 4 of 205. Approximately what percentage of the Earth's atmosphere is oxygen?21%0.93%0.04%78%Question 5 of 206. Which gas is present in the atmosphere in a concentration of about 0.04%?ArgonCarbon dioxideHydrogenNeonQuestion 6 of 207. Water vapour in the atmosphere mainly helps in:Plate movementCloud formation and precipitationVolcanic eruptionsEarthquakesQuestion 7 of 208. The amount of water vapour in the atmosphere generally ranges between:5% to 10%1% to 4%10% to 20%0.1% to 0.4%Question 8 of 209. The atmospheric layers are mainly classified on the basis of changes in:Rainfall and wind speedTemperature and densityCloud type and humidityAir pressure and rainfallQuestion 9 of 2010. Where is the density of air the highest?Near the Earth's surfaceIn the thermosphereIn the exosphereIn the mesosphereQuestion 10 of 2011. Which is the lowest layer of the atmosphere?StratosphereThermosphereTroposphereMesosphereQuestion 11 of 2012. The average height of the troposphere is about:50 km80 km20 km12 kmQuestion 12 of 2013. Nearly all weather phenomena occur in which atmospheric layer?TroposphereMesosphereThermosphereExosphereQuestion 13 of 2014. What is the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere called?StratopauseTropopauseMesopauseIonosphereQuestion 14 of 2015. Which atmospheric layer is considered ideal for flying aeroplanes?ThermosphereTroposphereMesosphereStratosphereQuestion 15 of 2016. Which atmospheric layer contains the ozone layer?MesosphereStratosphereTroposphereExosphereQuestion 16 of 2017. The ozone layer protects the Earth by absorbing:Infrared radiationVisible lightHarmful ultraviolet radiationRadio wavesQuestion 17 of 2018. Most meteorites entering the Earth's atmosphere burn up in the:MesosphereTroposphereExosphereThermosphereQuestion 18 of 2019. In which atmospheric layer does temperature increase rapidly with altitude because gases absorb X-rays and short-wave ultraviolet radiation?TroposphereMesosphereExosphereThermosphereQuestion 19 of 2020. Which is the uppermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere?TroposphereStratosphereExosphereMesosphereQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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