Layers of The Atmosphere
What is the lowest layer in the atmosphere?
Troposphere
The ground heats the air through _____
Without the Corialis effect, winds should blow straight from the ____ to the ____.
Poles to the equator
The zone along the equator where warm air meets and rises is called ____.
Intertropical Convergence Zone
What is the unit used to measure insolation?
Watts
What mostly occurs in the troposphere?
Weather
The incoming solar radiation is called _____
Insolation
When hot air rises, it creates an area of ___ pressure.
Low
Are the horse latitudes areas of high or low pressure?
High pressure
The winds that reverse their direction from (dry) season to (wet) season are called ______.
Monsoons
The Ozone layer can be found in the ...
Stratosphere
Convection is based off the idea that ____ _____ _____.
Hot air rises (cold air sinks).
Winds blow ____ areas of low pressure.
Towards
The latitudinal lines 30° to the north and south of the equator are called the ____ ______.
What is the "phrase" that Miss Paige told you in order to remember the order of the atmosphere?
Trees Sometimes Make Thorns
As you move upwards through the atmosphere, what happens to the atmospheric pressure?
It decreases
The greenhouse effect occurs because methane, carbon dioxide and water vapor...
Trap warm air inside the troposphere, and increase the temperatures.
Global convection cells recycle cold and hot air approximately every ____° latitudinally.
30°
In the northern hemisphere, the winds blow to the ______. In the southern hemisphere, the winds blow to the _____.
Southwest - Northeast
There are ___ jet streams in each hemisphere.
2
Please tell me each layer of the atmosphere, as well as what happens to its temperature as you move up?
Troposphere (decrease temp)
Stratosphere (increase temp)
Mesosphere (decrease temp)
Thermosphere (increase temp)
What are the 4 factors that affect insolation?
Distance, season, angle, weather
The corialis effect is ____.
The effect that earth's rotation has on the wind patterns, which cause them to curve in the northern and southern hemispheres.
Starting at the north pole, please label all of the latitudinal lines and wind zones until the equator.
North Pole - Polar Easterlies - 60°N - Westerlies - Horse Latitudes - Trade Winds - ITCZ
Please explain the similarities between the ocean currents and the wind currents.
Hot=rising, cold=sinking. Cyclical.