This is the mass of air surrounding a planet
What is atmosphere
Nitrogen and Oxygen
This is the force (or weight) applied over a unit of area
Pressure
Atmospheric Pressure changes with weather and also changes based on THIS - which is the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
altitude
radiation
gases
Nitrogen makes up this percentage of the atmosphere
78.8 percent
This is the pressure the atmosphere exerts on all objects within it.
Atmospheric Pressure
gas molecules in the atmosphere between more or less dense this near Earth's surface
more
This is the transfer of heat energy from molecule to molecule by contact
Conduction
Earth's atmosphere forms a layer of protection between Earth and this
space
Oxygen makes up this percentage of the atmosphere
20.95%
Meterologists use changes in atomospheric pressure to help predict this:
changing weather
gas molecules become less dense as the altitude does this.
increases
This is the transfer of heat energy through a liquid or gas by currents
Convection
True or False: Cold air can contain more water vapor than warm air
False
These two gases in our atmosphere are essential for life:
oxygen and carbon dioxide
1 atmosphere of pressure (ATM) is the average ATM at this location
sea level
The can in our experiment last week crushed because the atmospheric pressure on the inside was (greater/smaller) than the atmospheric pressure on the outside.
smaller
This is energy that is transferred as a consquence of temperature differences
Heat
Name two ways Earth's atmosphere protects the planet.
sheilds Earth's surface from meteoroids and other falling debris; protexts from high energy radiation from space and sun's harmful rays; keeps Earth's temperature in a narrow range; allows sound waves to vibrate so that we hear birds, people, etc.
carbon dioxide
At sea level, the atmosphere exerts an average of this amount of pounds on every square inch it touches
14.7 pounds
air molecules
This is the measure of the energy of random motion in a substance's molecules.
temperature