Atmosphere Gases
What is the most abundant gas in the Atmosphere?
Nitrogen Gas (N2) - 78%
What color of atmosphere solutions represented Troposphere?
Blue
Which atmospheric layer is the most dense?
Troposphere
What the unequal heating of the Earth causes?
Global winds
What are 3 most abundant gases of the Atmosphere?
Nitrogen (N2), Oxygen (O2), and Argon (Ar)
What color of atmosphere solutions represented Thermosphere?
Red
Name atmospheric layers from the most dense to the less dense.
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere
What area of the Earth receives the most solar radiation?
Equator
What is the tool that measures air pressure?
Barometer
What is the relative percentage of the Nitrogen (N2) in the atmosphere?
78%
Which atmospheric layer is the closest to the Earth
Troposphere
What causes global winds?
Unequal heating
What causes air to be pulled down towards Earth's surface?
Gravity
Ozone protects from ____ radiation.
UV
The atmosphere eventually fades from the _______ into space.
Exosphere
What causes the Earth to have seasons?
The tilt of Earth's axis
What in the soil make Nitrogen usable for humans?
Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
What lab material you were using for building the density column?
25 ml graduated cylinder
Which atmospheric layer contains ozone?
Stratosphere
Three major bands of wind around the globe?
Hadley cells, Ferrel cells, Polar cells.