Atm. Characteristics
Layers of the Atm.
Heat Transfer
Temp. Controls
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100
What is climate?
What is the observations of weather that have been collected over many years.
100
What is the bottom layer of the atmosphere?
What is the troposphere.
100
Name one of the mechanisms of heat transfer.
What is conduction, convection, or radiation.
100
Which is heated faster land or water?
What is Land.
100
What is a flow of underground water?
What is a spring.
200
What takes up the largest percentage in air?
What is nitrogen.
200
Does temperature increase or decrease in the thermosphere?
What is increase.
200
____ is the transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity.
What is conduction.
200
______ is the fraction of the total radiation that is reflected by any surface.
What is albedo.
200
What is the nation's most important air pollutant law?
What is the clean air act.
300
What is the source of all clouds and percipitation?
What is water vapor.
300
What is the date of the winter solstice?
What is December 21 and 22.
300
True or False, all objects at any temperature emit radiant energy.
What is true.
300
True or False: water cools more rapidly than land.
What is false.
300
Name all 3 major types of rocks.
What is igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks.
400
Explain what would happen if the ozone did not filter most of the UV radiation?
What is our planet would be uninhabitable for many living organisms.
400
What are the four layers from bottom to top?
What is Troposhere, Stratoshpere, Mesosphere, and Thermosphere.
400
The _____ is the ultimate source of energy that creates our weather.
What is the sun.
400
What are the lines that connect points that have the same temperature?
What is an isotherm.
400
This substance is used in nuclear power plants.
What is uranium.
500
What is the main source of primary pollutants?
What is transportation.
500
Why do seasonal changes occur?
What is earths position relative to the sun continually changes as it travels along its orbit.
500
What percent of radiation is reflected from the clouds?
What is 20% of radiation
500
List all the factors that exert a strong influence on the temperature?
What is heating of land and water, altitude geographic positioning, cloud cover and ocean currents.
500
This act sets certain pollutants in outdoor air.
What is the clean air act.
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