When heat moves through air without moving the air it is this type of heat transfer
What is radiation
100
The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that we live in, that almost all weather occurs in, and that 75% of all the gas in the atmosphere exists is called...
What is troposhere
100
A large body of air with similar temperature and moisture
What is air mass
100
The water cycle process that occurs when water seeps underground
What is groundwater percolation
200
The gas that makes up 78% of the atmosphere
What is nitrogen
200
When heated air moves (like the heater in your car) it is this type of heat transfer
What is convection
200
The thin, dry layer of the atmosphere with a high concentration of ozone (airplanes like to fly here!)
What is stratosphere
200
This world describes an air mass that formed over land
What is continental
200
The water cycle process that occurs when moisture (rain, snow, sleet, or hail) is released from clouds
What is precipitation
300
This gas makes up 21% of Earth's atmosphere
What is oxygen
300
When heat moves by touch (like your hand on a stove) it is this type of heat transfer
What is conduction
300
The layer of Earth's atmosphere that the auroras occur in and that most satellites are located in
What is thermosphere
300
This word describes air that forms in low latitudes, closer to the Equator
What is tropical
300
Which "sphere" of the Earth would quartz (a mineral) belong to?
What is geosphere
400
This controls the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere
What is temperature
400
The transfer of heat by winds is a type of convection and is also called this
What is advection
400
This special "layer within layers" that is made up of concentrated charged particles and that allows communication on Earth by bouncing radio waves
What is ionosphere
400
The name of an air mass that is DRY and COLD
What is continental polar
400
Which sphere of the Earth would the Ozone Layer belong to?
What is atmosphere
500
The amount of THIS gas in Earth's atmosphere depends upon volcanic activity, the world wide sea level, and the amount of fossil fuels burned
What is carbon dioxide
500
The lab that we did in class with the dull (black) can and the shiny (silver) can and the bright light was this type of heat transfer
What is radiation
500
Name the 5 layers of the Earth's atmosphere in order, from the surface of the Earth up
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
500
The name of an air mass that is WET and WARM
What is maritime tropical
500
What type of energy transfer (from which sphere to which other sphere) is it when a flower grows by getting it's nutrients out of the soil it is planted in?