Stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and troposphere
What is the layers of the atmosphere
100
The process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb and give off infrared radiation
What is the greenhouse effect
100
This wind blows from a valley to the top of a mountain
What is a valley breeze
100
The process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb and give off radiation
What is the greenhouse effect
100
A major event that takes place twice a year at different places around the world and in which competitors must meet a certain standard and practice year round
What is the Olympics
200
The mixture of gases that surrounds Earth
What is the atmosphere
200
The total kinetic energy of particles
What is thermal energy
200
Blows from SEA to land
What is sea breeze
200
Water vapor and carbon dioxide
What is the gases involved in the greenhouse effect
200
February 14th
What is Valentine's Day
300
78%, 21%, 1%
What is Nitrogen, Oxygen, and other gases
300
The movement of air due to differences in air pressure
What is wind
300
Narrow belts of high-speed winds that blow from west to east
What is a jet stream
300
Without greenhouse gases Earth would have an avg. temp of _____
What is -18 degrees Celsius
300
How young is Ms. Hager
What is 40
400
The measure of force with which air molecules push on an area of a surface
What is air pressure
400
Movement of air around Earth due to differences in air pressure
What is global wind
400
Winds that blow between the poles and 60 degree latitudes in both hemispheres
What is polar easterlies
400
Earth's surface's average temperature is ____ degrees Celsius
What is 15
400
True/False- a baby is born in the U.S. every 8 seconds
What is true
500
An area in the stratosphere where ozone is highly concentrated
What is the ozone layer
500
The energy that is transferred between objects that are different temperatures
What is heat
500
The transfer of energy due to the movement of matter
What is convection
500
Without the greenhouse effect would the world become colder or warmer