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Picture That!!
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True or False: Air is les dense at high altitude
What is true
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What are the two common gases in air?
nitrogen and oxygen
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What the carbon cycle?
Animals add carbon dioxide to the air
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About half of the Sun's energy that reaches Earth is
Absorb the Earth's surface
100
What 2 atmospheres are missing in this picture?
mesophere and exosphere
200
How does heat energy get from Earth's surface to air?
conduction
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Which part of the atmosphere contains a type of gas that absorbs UV radiation?
stratosphere
200
Most visible light that enters the atmosphere does what?
passes through
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How does the atmosphere keeps Earth's surface warm?
Certain gases absorb and emit infrared raditiaon
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What time of the day is solar radiation most intense?
noon
300
Give one example of air pollutant
smog, pollen, and ozone, etc
300
What can help reduce greenhouse gases? (There are many examples, but if you guess my example correctly, your team will earn double the value).
living in houses that use less energy
300
Tell me one fact about the air in Earth's atmosphere.
Contains oxygen that supports living things
300
When you are breathing, most of the air you are inhaling and exhaling is made of what?
nitrogen
300
The measurements on the graph was taken to days apart. Explain what weather conditions might have caused the difference in the levels of UV radiation.
A cloudy day can reduce the amount of UV radiation
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Name a critical part of the carbon cycle
Carbon dioxide constantly moves between plants, animals and the atmosphere.
400
What happens to half of the solar radiation that reaches Earth?
Absorb by Earth's surface
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What is conduction?
the transfer of energy as a result of direct contact
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Which layer of Earth's atmosphere protects organisms from harmful ultraviolet radiation?
stratosphere
400
What part of the day is it very important to protect yourself from the sun's UV radiation?
Noon/Midday
500
What is likely to add to the greenhouses effect by adding certain gases to the atmosphere?
living in solar-heated home
500
What reflects the most solar radiation?
clouds
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What happens in the greenhouse effect?
Certain gases in the troposphere absorb and emit infrared radiation.
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What can air pollutants do?
decrease the amount of greenhouse gases
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How would this graph appear if the data had been collected during a time when there was less ozone in the atmosphere?
More UV radiation would reach Earth's surface
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