Earth's atmosphere 1
Thermo means
Heat
Tropo means?
turning or changing
Ozone is present in which layer of the atmosphere?
stratosphere
What can be measured with a barometer
air pressure
The transfer of thermal energy that results from the collision of particles.
conduction
the atmosphere
Which percentage given would be closest to the percentage of Nitrogen in Earth's atmospehere?
78%
Most meteors burn up in this layer of the atmosphere and are seen as shooting stars.
mesosphere
Which of the listed gases is most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?
nitrogen
cold and dense
What measures air temperature?
thermometer
Greenhouse effect
The weight of air pressing down on an area.
air pressure
Warming your hands in front of a campfire would be an example of what type of heat transfer?
radiation
The most appropriate description of the air found at the equator would be?
warm and light
What is the transfer of energy from one object to another object with different temperatures must happen in order to feel __________.
heat
What does exo mean?
outer
As altitude increases density will ____________.
decrease
Energy travels from the sun to the earth by what means?
electromagnetic waves
The transfer of thermal energy through liquids and gases.
convection
90% of Earth's gases are found in this layer.
troposphere
troposphere
As altitude increases air pressure will_____________.
decrease
The direct transfer of energy from the sun by elecctromagnetic waves.
radiation
Earth's rotation results in what effect that makes winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the right and winds in the Southern Hemisphere curve to the left?
coriollis effect