characteristics
heating of the...
pressure and wind
the air we breathe
vocabulary
100
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
nitrogen
100
The transfer of energy as electroganetic waves?
What is radiation
100
Differences in air pressure cause?
What is winds
100
What type of pollutant to we call those that we put directly into the air by human or natual activity?
What is primary pollutants.
100
The mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.
What is the atmosphere.
200
Pressure (increases/ decreases) the lower you are in the atmosphere.
Increases
200
The direct transfer of energy from one material to another.
What is conduction.
200
At the poles, (high / low) pressure is associated with the cold, dense air.
What is high.
200
Ozone from the atmosphere reacts with automobile exhaust to form?
What is smog.
200
The height of an object above the Earth's surface.
What is altitude.
300
The layer of the atmosphere where clouds exist.
What is the troposhere
300
Most thermal energy in the atmosphere moves through what type of transfer of energy?
What is convection.
300
The uneven heating of the Earth produces...
What is pressure belts (about every 30 degrees of latitude).
300
Industries release what type of pollutants?
What is oxides (sulfer oxide)
300
The coldest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the mesosphere.
400
The ozone layer is located in what layer of the atmosphere?
What is the stratosphere.
400
The balance between incoming energy and outgoing energy is known as...
What is radiation balance.
400
The movement of wind is affect by...
What is the rotation of the Earth. This causes wind to travel in a curved path rather than a straight line.
400
The ozone hole is cause when ozone is converted into...
What is oxygen, which does not block the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.
400
Narrow belts of high-speed winds that blow in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere.
What are jet streams.
500
What layer of the atmosphere has high temperatures but does not feel hot? Why?
What is the thermosphere, because the particles in the thermosphere rarely touch eachother; therefore, do not transfer much energy.
500
What are the role of plants in controlling global warming?
What is 'take in harmful carbon dioxide and give off oxgyen, which we need to breathe'
500
Suppose you are vacationing at the beach. It is daytime and you want to go swimming in the ocean. You know the beach is near yuor hotel, but you don't know what direction it is in. How might the local wind help you find the ocean?
During the day, cool air moves toward the land, producting a sea breeze.
500
The law that gives the Environmental Proction Agency (EPA) the authority to control the amount of air pollutants that can be released from oany source.
What is THE CLEAN AIR ACT.
500
The curving of moving objects, such as wind, by the Earth's rotation is called the?
What is Coriolis effect.
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