VOCAB
Heat Transfer
CYCLES
ATMOSPHERE
Double/Final Jeopardy
100
_____________ is energy that travels across distances in the form of certain types of waves.
RADIATION
100
True or False: The process that moves energy from earth's surface to high in the troposphere is known as CONVECTION.
TRUE
100
Define CYCLE
A process that repeats over and over.
100
How does riding a bike--instead of driving your Mercedes-- help reduce global warming?
By reducing fossil fuels!
100
FINAL JEOPARDY: List the following pollutants as either gases or particles: dust, ozone, pollen, carbon monoxide, methane.
Gases--- carbon monoxide, methane, onzone Particles--dust, pollen
200
____________ is the distance above sea level.
ALTITUDE
200
_______________ is the heat transfer from one substance to another by direct contact.
CONDUCTION
200
What are the three cycles that affect the atmosphere?
Water cycle, nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle
200
Name one example of a naturally occurring sudden change in the Earth's atmosphere.
A dust storm, a volcanic eruption, or a forest fire
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Which gas is produced by cow farts?
METHANE
300
__________ is the amount of mass in a given volume of a substance
DENSITY
300
Which gas absorbs Ultraviolet Radiation? Remember our activity about the "Bouncer" at Club Atmosphere!
OZONE
300
What is the cycle that involves oxygen gas?
The Carbon Cycle
300
What are the two most common gases in the atmosphere?
NITROGEN AND OXYGEN
400
The process that keeps the earth warm is the ____________ effect.
The Greenhouse effect
400
On Monday, 40% of the solar radiation coming into earth is reflected by clouds and the atmosphere, 30% is absorbed by clouds and atmosphere and 5% is reflected by earth's surface. How much is absorbed by earth's surface?
25%
400
Right now, we are in the troposphere. What temperature layer features ozone gas?
Stratosphere (also the name of a hotel in Las Vegas)
500
Tiny particles or droplets mixed in with air are __________
PARTICULATES
500
Is air denser at sea level or on the tippy top of a mountain?
At sea level
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