Gases in the Atmosphere & Pollution
Air Pressure & Altitude
Layers of the Atmosphere
Energy in the Atmosphere
Heat Transfer
100
A change to the atmosphere that has harmful effects
What is pollution?
100
As altitude increases, air pressure...
What is decreases?
100
First layer of the atmoshere
What is the troposphere?
100
Has the longest wavelengths (of the colors we see)
What is red light?
100
Frying an egg
What is conduction?
200
The major chemical in Photochemical Smog
What is ozone?
200
An instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
200
Contains the ozone layer
What is the stratosphere?
200
The only light humans can see
What is visible light?
200
Heater at one end of the pool heats the entire pool
What is a convection current?
300
Plants being destroyed and fish dying are both effects of...
What is acid rain?
300
Distance above sea level
What is altitude?
300
Where the aurora borealis occurs
What is the ionosphere?
300
Doesn't penetrate the atmosphere
What are gamma rays?
300
Heat from the fire toasting a marshmallow
What is radiation?
400
Pet fur, cigarette smoke, dust, perfumes, etc.
What are examples of indoor air pollution?
400
The result of a column of air pressing down on you
What is air pressure?
400
Divided into two parts
What is the thermosphere?
400
Causes sunburns
What is ultraviolet radiation?
400
When you walk along a hot sidewalk and burn your feet
What is conduction?
500
Percentage of oxygen in the air
What is 21%?
500
Is altitude greater on the top of a hill or on a mountaintop?
What is a mountaintop?
500
Meteors burn up here
What is the mesosphere?
500
The total range of energy
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
500
Does not require matter
What is radiation?
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