Layers of the atmosphere
Winds
Pressure in the atmosphere
Energy in the earths atmosphere
Hard-ish
100
Troposhere
Where does most weather occur
100
Wind is the horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
What is wind
100
Aneroid and Mercury
What are two types of barometers are used to air pressure.
100
Carbon Dioxide
The greenhouse effect traps heat with what gas
100
True
True or false= Air has mass so air has density
200
Mesosphere
Where are the coldest weathers
200
An anemeter
What can wind speed be measured with
200
is the distance above sea level, the average level of the surface.
What is Altitude?
200
About 20% of light
How much light is absorbed by the gases in the air
200
All colors of the rainbow
What color is visible light
300
Stratosphere
Which layer has the jet streams and the ozone layer
300
The increased cooling an wind can cause
What is wind-chill factor
300
ultra violet
The ozone layer blocks out _____________ light
300
Scattering
Light reflected by dust or gases is called
300
it has wavelengths that are longer than red light
What is infrared light
400
All of them
Where can the Aurora Boriolis be seen from
400
it is a local wind that blows from the ocean
What is a sea breeze
400
lower
The higher one goes in elevation, the ________ the air pressure.
400
About 50%
About how much sunlight is absorbed by land/water
400
Over 40%
How much has general temperture in the atmosphere increased
500
Ionsphere
What is the lower part of the thermosphere
500
The way Earths rotation makes wind curve
What is CORIOLIS EFFECT
500
Air pressure outside neautralizes with air pressure inside your ears
When your ears pop, what happens.
500
It comes in electromagnetic.Then it is called radiation.
Energy comes in what form from the sun?What is the process called
500
Air pressure
What type of pressure is in the atmosphere
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