Layers of the Atmosphere
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Earth Stats
The Reason for the Seasons
Miscellaneous
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What is the third layer of Earth's atmosphere?
The mesosphere
100
In which layer do meteors burn up?
The mesosphere
100
What is Earth's axial tilt?
23.5 degrees
100
What creates Earth's seasons?
The axial tilt
100
Who won the Geo Bee?
Scott Reardon
200
Where do "weather factors" occur?
In the troposphere.
200
In what layer can you find the ozone layer?
The stratosphere
200
True or false: Earth's rotation helps affect the seasons.
FALSE!!!!!!!!
200
Name the 2 solstices and their dates, and the two equinoxes and their dates.
Summer Solstice: June 21 Winter Solstice: December 21 Spring Equinox: March 21 Fall Equinox: September 21
200
Name of of the alternative names for the Spring or Fall Equinox.
Vernal or Autumnal
300
Name 3 weather factors.
humidity, wind speed, wind direction, air pressure, temperature
300
What is the name of the layer found within the thermosphere?
The ionosphere
300
What is the EXACT length of Earth's revolution?
365 & 1/4 days
300
What season are we experiencing in Scituate during Earth's perihelion?
Winter
300
Name all the Sixth Grade Teachers' children.
Mrs. Dewberry: Jack & Owen Mrs. Marx: Jaime & Taylor Mrs. Mortimer: Keegan
400
What is the temperature of the thermosphere?
1500 degrees celcius
400
Name the variable gases that can only be found in the troposphere.
carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane
400
Name 3 of Wendy's friends from Wendy & the Weather Watchers.
Shawn, Hiroko, Seeta, Makindu Justin, Billy, Elke, Maria
400
What season are we experiencing in Scituate during Earth's aphelion?
Summer
400
How do you spell our principal's last name?
Ohrenberger
500
How many kilometers above Earth's surface is the exosphere?
300-600 km
500
Provide the 4 names of the "lights" found in the ionosphere.
Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis, Southern Lights, Aurora Australis
500
What is the exact length of daylight hours on the following day: Sunrise: 4:47 am Sunset: 7:14 pm
14 hours 27 minutes 14:27
500
Which two locations from Wendy & Her Weather Watchers experience "equinox-like" daylight, all the time?
Nairobi, Kenya & Quito, Ecuador
500
What is 4 3/25 as a percent.
412%
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