Layers of the Atmosphere
In which layer of the atmosphere would you find all weather?
What is the troposphere?
What season is the Northern Hemisphere in when it is tilted away from the sun?
What is winter?
Name the 3 main gases in the atmosphere and their percentages.
What is Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), and Argon (0.9%)?
What sink is not involved in the Phosphorus cycle but is involved in the Carbon and Nitrogen cycles?
What is the atmosphere?
Would you likely find a rainforest or a desert at 0 degrees latitude?
What is a rainforest?
In which layer of the atmosphere would you find the ozone layer?
What is the stratosphere?
Describe the weather conditions during low pressure and high pressure.
What is...
- Low pressure causes precipitation and clouds
- High pressure causes clear conditions
What is a barometer used for?
What is to measure air pressure?
What are the 3 molecules converted by Nitrogen fixation?
What is Ammonia/Ammonium (NH3/NH4), Nitrite (NO2), and Nitrate (NO3)?
What is the name for a wind that is blowing towards the northwest?
What is Southeast Winds?
In which layer of the atmosphere would you find meteors being burned up?
What is the mesosphere?
The Coriolis Effect causes winds to bend _______ in the Northern Hemisphere and __________ in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is clockwise; counterclockwise?
What types of readings are shown on an isobaric map?
What is air pressure?
What is the difference between a Carbon sink and a Carbon reservoir?
What is...
- A sink stores nutrients for a short amount of time
- A reservoir stores nutrients for a long period of time
A cloud moves from the equator towards the poles. What happens to its speed compared to the Earth?
What is it would appear to be moving faster than the Earth?
In which layer of the atmosphere would you find a high amount of Helium and Hydrogen?
What is the exosphere?
Name all 3 circulation patterns and their location on the globe.
What is...
- Hadley Cell: 0-30 degrees N and S latitude
- Ferrel Cell: 30-60 degrees N and S latitude
- Polar Cell: 60-90 degrees N and S latitude
What types of readings are shown on an isothermic map & a streamline map?
What is temperature & wind direction?
How do humans impact the Nitrogen & Phosphorus cycles and the Carbon cycle?
What is...
- Humans add synthetic fertilizers to the soil, which impacts the Nitrogen and Phosphorus cycles by creating algal blooms and nutrient pollution in waterways
- Humans add Carbon to the atmosphere by destroying photosynthetic forests and burning fossil fuels
Winds blow _______ an area of high pressure and __________ an area of low pressure.
What is away from; towards?
List the layers of the atmosphere in order from closest to Earth to farthest away.
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere?
Describe El Nino conditions.
What is...
- Decreased trade winds
- Increased westerly winds
- Hot & dry drought conditions in Australia & Indonesia (Western Pacific)
- Warm & wet weather in North and South America (Eastern Pacific)
- Sea level higher in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
- Reduced/no upwellings off the South American coast
- Warm water on South American coastline
Name the 3 major events that scientists believe led to the formation of our current atmosphere.
What is...
- Condensation of water vapor into oceans after large amounts of volcanic activity and the Earth cooling down
- Dissolving of Carbon Dioxide into oceans (reduction of CO2)
- Algae and plants photosynthesizing to form Oxygen (reduction in CO2, increase in O2)
What processes differ between the slow Carbon cycle and the fast Carbon cycle?
What is...
- The slow Carbon cycle involves ocean sedimentation and volcanic eruptions
- The fast Carbon cycle involves photosynthesis, respiration, and decomposition
Describe La Nina conditions.
What is...
- Unusually strong trade winds
- Strong upwellings off the South American coast
- Lower than normal ocean temperatures in the Pacific Ocean; warm water in Indonesia
- Dry in North America and South America (Eastern Pacific)
- Flooding in Indonesia and Australia (Western Pacific)
- Sea level higher in the Western Pacific Ocean