Overview
The largest carbon reserve on earth is found here
The Atmosphere
This zone has an unusual concentration of oxygen, designed to shield the earth from ultraviolet light
The ozone layer
These two chemicals make up greenhouse gas
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
The envelope of gas surrounding the earth
Atmosphere
The temperate zone that we live in
The Troposphere
The largest amount of gas in our atmosphere is _____
Nitrogen
This zone helps protect us from solar flares
Magnetosphere
These reflect up to 32% of the suns radiation
Clouds
Indirect warming of the atmosphere
Greenhouse Effect
The main percentages of the gases in our layer
78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% Other
The two main things that will fix nitrogen, so that it is usable for plants
Bacteria and Lightning
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This zone allows us to relay radio waves and radio communications
Ionosphere
This is the type of light that the sun provides that is not visible
Infrared
Fast winds that travel in paths in the stratosphere
Jetstreams
The gases that make up the exosphere
atomic oxygen, helium, and hydrogen
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After the Troposphere, this is what happens to temperature the further you go up the layers
The temperature increases, then when you reach the next layer it goes back down the higher you go
This is the person who discovered how the magnetosphere works
James Van Allen
This is about how much of the sun's energy is reflected or absorbed, rather than reaching us
Up to a little over 50%
The steady temperature change associated with change in altitude (height)
Lapse Rate
The hottest temperature layer of the atmosphere
the exosphere
The 5 main layers of the atmosphere
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
When solar winds are pushed away from earth, these are created
Aurora Borealis and/or Aurora Australis
The two forms of heating that the sun works on earth
Conduction and Convection
The rate at which solar energy reaches earth
Solar Constant
The coldest temperature layer of the atmosphere
the mesosphere