Layers
The densest layer of the atmosphere
Troposphere
The layer where weather occurs
Troposphere
How plants make their own food by using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
Photosynthesis
How many categories are there on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (Hurricane Scale)
5 categories
Our room number is
211
The layer where meteors burn up
Mesosphere
The hottest layer
Thermosphere
Explain respiration. (breath in ____ breath out ____)
breathe in oxygen breathe out carbon dixodie
This type of snow occurs when cold air, often originating from Canada, moves across the open waters of the Great Lakes
Lake Effect Snow
Which type of eclipse occurred this morning?
Total Lunar Eclipse
Exo in exosphere means?
outer
The coldest layer
Mesosphere
Plants have carbon in them. So how do animals get carbon?
They eat the plants or eat an organism that ate a plant Carbon goes up the food chain
This is the "feels like" temperature when you factor in wind
Wind Chill
Translates to King of the Tyrant Lizards
T rex
Earth's natural, "sunscreen" located in the the stratosphere protects living things from the sun's dangerous ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
Ozone Layer
The northern lights occur here
Thermosphere
The burning of fossil fuels
combustion
How many categories of tornadoes are on the Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF scale)
6 - 0,1,2,3,4,5
Dinosaur comes from the Greek words, meaning
Terrible Lizard, Fearfully Great Lizard
Place the layers in order from most dense to least dense
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
Place the layers in reverse order from furthest away to closest to the surface of the Earth
Exosphere, thermosphere ,mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere
The total amount of carbon on Earth changes significantly each year? True or False
Is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States
Extreme heat
How many continents have dinosaur fossils been found
7