Atmosphere Riddles – Alternative Assignment
If you are dissatisfied with your grade on the Atmosphere Riddles, you can complete question corrections
for each riddle you answered incorrectly. Place a checkmark next to each incorrect answer. On the line,
write an explanation or memory trick for how you will remember that particular layer characteristic.
For each correct answer, you will receive 3% points added to your score.
Example 1. Troposphere/Weather – ‘Tropo’ means turning or changing; the weather is always
different day to day and during different seasons, therefore it makes sense that the changing weather
would be in the troposphere.
2. Stratosphere/Protect from UV rays –
3. Mesosphere/Middle Layer –
4. Troposphere/Touches Earth –
5. Mesosphere/Meteoroids –
6. Troposphere/Altitude 0-12 km –
7. Thermosphere/Hottest Temperature –
8. Troposphere/Highest Air Pressure –
9. Stratosphere/Ozone Layer –
10. Thermosphere/Highest Altitude –
11. Thermosphere/2 Sub-Layers –
12. Thermosphere/Astronauts Re-enter –
13. Troposphere & Mesosphere/Altitude Increases, Temperature Decreases –