Atmosphere
layers
layers
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Atmosphere Vocab
Atmosphere Facts
Atmosphere 5
100
The lowest layer of the atmosphere is
Troposphere or Mesosphere
Troposphere
100
True or False Earth Atmosphere was created by volcanoes emitting gas?
True or False
True
100
A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet LIKE Earth
Air or Atmosphere
ATMOSPHERE
100
How many layers of the atmosphere are there
5
100
Tell me what is the main element of the atmosphere/
nitrogen (around 78%),
oxygen (around 21%), and a small percentage of argon (around 1%)
200
This is the third, or middle layer, of the Earth's atmosphere and where meteors burn up
Mesosphere or Thermosphere
Mesosphere
200
Weather occurs in every layer of the atmosphere.
True or false
False
Weather only occurs in the Troposphere
200
This is the process in which gases hold heat in Earth's atmosphere.
Greenhouse effect or aurora borealis
greenhouse effect
200
How many layers of the Atmosphere are in outer space.
3 or 2
2
Thermosphere and the Exosphere
200
What city launched the first hot air ballon?
Paris, France
On November 21, 1783 the first free flight carrying a human occurred in Paris, France in a hot air balloon made of paper and silk made by the Montgolfier brothers. The balloon carried two men, Francois Pilatrê de Rozier and Francois Laurent, Marquis of Arlanders.
300
the hottest layer of the atmosphere
Stratosphere or Thermosphere
thermosphere
300
The distance going up in the air is called Altitude
True or False
True
Altitude is the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
300
This colorful phenomenon occurs in the thermosphere when charged particles from the Sun interact with Earth's magnetic field.
Ozone layer or aurora
Aurora
300
This is the percentage of how much air is in the Troposphere. (Rounded to the nearest 10's)
50% or 80%
Approximately 75-80% of the total atmospheric mass of the Earth's atmosphere, meaning most of the air, is located in the troposphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere.
300
When will the ISS be retired?
2030 (2031 January)
NASA has committed to fully use and safely operate the space station through 2030, as the agency also works to enable and seamlessly transition to commercially owned and operated platforms in low Earth orbit.
400
This outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere where particles are so sparse they can travel hundreds of kilometers without colliding.
Exosphere or Troposphere
Exosphere
400
The sun sends only good radiation to earth, and the ozone isn't needed for anything but it sounds cool.
True or False
False
400
The Mesosphere protects Earth from these space objects, which often burn up when they enter due to friction with air molecules.
Satellites or meteors
meteors
400
What is the percent of oxygen that's in the atmosphere? (Rounded to the nearest 10's)
20 or 30
20!!!
oxygen making up roughly 21% of the air volume with nitrogen constituting around 78%
400
Ozone layer was mainly destroyed by these chemicals.
The chemical primarily responsible for destroying the ozone layer is chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), a type of fluorocarbon that was widely used in refrigerants, aerosols, and other products before being phased out due to their ozone-depleting effects.
500
The layer of the atmosphere where the temperature increases as altitude increases; it contains the ozone layer.
exosphere or stratosphere
stratosphere
500
How much air surrounding everyone in class is called Density
False or True
True
The amount of mass in a given volume of air, is called density
500
This phenomenon occurs when the Earth's surface heats the air directly above it, causing it to rise and create cloud formation and weather patterns.
convection or photosynthesis
convection
the movement of particles through a substance, and giving their heat energy from hotter areas to cooler areas
500
Outer space begins in the Kramer line, which is in the Thermosphere. How high is the Thermosphere?
100 km or 80km
100 kilometers
This boundary sits some 62 miles (100 kilometers) above Earth's surface, and it's generally accepted as the place where Earth ends and outer space begins.
500
Someone who studies the atmosphere is called a what?
meteorologists