Gases in the Atmosphere and Air Pollution
Air Pressure
Layers of the Atmosphere
Energy in the Atmosphere
Heat Transfer
100
This is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
100
The result of weight of a column of air.
What is Air Pressure?
100
The last layer of the atmosphere.
What is Exosphere?
100
When gases retain heat for extended periods of time.
What is Greenhouse Effect?
100
This is the energy of motion in the molecules of a substance.
What is Thermal Energy?
200
This gas makes up 21% of the atmosphere.
What is Oxygen?
200
The National Weather Service uses this measurement of air pressure.
What is Millibars?
200
The first layer of the atmosphere.
What is Troposphere?
200
These are wavelengths shorter than violet light.
What is Ultraviolet Radiation?
200
This is the direct transfer of heat from one substance to another.
What is Conduction?
300
This is a molecule with 3 oxygen atoms.
What is Ozone?
300
Air pressure _________ as altitude increases.
What is decreases?
300
This is found in the Stratosphere.
What is Ozone?
300
This is the direct transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves.
What is Radiation?
300
This is the transfer of heat by movement of fluid.
What is Convection?
400
The percentage of Carbon Dioxide, Argon, and other gases in the atmosphere.
What is 1%
400
This layer protects us from meteors.
What is Mesosphere?
400
This is energy with wavelengths longer than red light.
What is Infrared Radiation?
400
This causes most of the heating in the Troposphere.
What is Convection?
500
Air without any solid or liquid particles.
What is Pure Air?
500
If air pressure is ________ a storm is usually approaching.
What is Falling?
500
This layer varies from 50-80 kilometers
What is Mesosphere?
500
This is reflections of light in all directions.
What is Scattering?
500
You feel this form of radiation as heat.
What is Infrared Radiation?
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