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Best science teacher in the world.
Mr. Lembesis (Or maybe Mrs. Nowaske, Mrs. Ruhno, Mrs. Coratti, Mrs. Garcia, or Mr. Riley)
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Gas changing to a liquid
Condensation
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Solid changing to a liquid
Melting
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Liquid changing to a solid
Freezing
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Solid changing to a gas
Sublimation
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What is the main cause of ocean and wind currents?
Heat from the sun
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Most abundant gas in the atmosphere
Nitrogen
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4 Main gases in the atmosphere
Nitrogen, oxygen, argon, water vapor
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What causes wind?
Air moving from areas of HIGH pressure to areas of LOW pressure. In other words, pressure differences.
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Where does most of the water vapor in the atmosphere come from
Evaporation of the oceans.
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What layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
Troposphere
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Order the layers of the atmosphere from lowest to highest
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, (exosphere)
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What does a cold front look like on a weather map and what does it usually bring
It is a line with pointed triangles and brings cooler temps. and possible precipitation
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What does a warm front look like on a map and what does it bring
A line with half circles on one side and it brings warmer temps. and possible precipitation
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What direction are the prevailing winds in Michigan?
The are southwestern, meaning they come from the southwest and blow toward the northeast
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What does prevailing wind mean?
It is the direction winds blow from in a given area, more so than any other direction.
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What is the pattern of prevailing winds on earth?
Areas of the same latitude generally have the same prevailing winds.
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Which layer of the atmosphere has the lowest pressure and which has the highest pressure: troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere
Highest pressure=troposphere; Lowest pressure=thermosphere
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Why is water called the universal solvent?
Many solids dissolve in it.
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Why are the oceans salty?
As water moves through the water cycle it dissolves many things like salts and eventually carries them to the ocean. When water evaporates from the ocean the salt is left behind.
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What are clouds mostly made of?
Water
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What powers the water cycle?
Energy from the sun
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What can you say about the temperature and pressure in the earth's atmosphere as you go up in altitude?
The temperature and pressure change at different altitudes. Some layers temp. decrease as you go higher in altitude but in other layers it increase as you go higher in altitude. Pressure decreases as you go higher in every layer.
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How have plants affected the earth's atmosphere.
They convert carbon dioxide to oxygen
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How have humans affected the atmosphere
The burning of fossil fules has been increasing the amount of Carbon dioxide (CO2) and other pollutants such as sulfer dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide
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