Layers of the atmosphere
In which layer does weather occur
troposphere
What are the 4 gases that make up the atmosphere
nitrogen gas, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and argon
What are the 3 ways/mechanisms that heat flows?
conduction, radiation, and convection?
Day or night?
Sea breeze occurs when?
Daytime
What is moving energy called
Kinetic energy
What are the names of the 4 atmospheric layers
stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere, thermosphere
What is the percent of nitrogen in the atmosphere?
a. 21%
b.0.04%
c. 78%
d. 0.93%
c. 78%
Conduction, radiation, convection?
A frying pan sitting on a burner
Conduction
Day or night?
land breeze occurs when?
night
Is warm air more or less dense than cold air?
less dense
Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to Earth?
Troposphere
What is the percent of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
a. 21%
b.0.04%
c. 78%
d. 0.93%
b. 0.04%
Conduction, radiation, convection?
Hot soup rises and cold soup sinks?
Convection
Sea breeze happens when air moves from where to where?
ocean to land
What is our main source of energy?
Thermal energy from the sun
Which layer is the ozone layer located
Stratosphere
What is the percent of oxygen in the atmosphere?
a. 21%
b.0.04%
c. 78%
d. 0.93%
a.21%
Conduction, radiation, convection?
An ice cream cone getting melted by the sun
radiation
Land breeze occurs when air moves from where to where?
Land to ocean
What is matter
Anything that takes up space and has a mass
Which two layers of the atmosphere do temperature increase as altitude increases?
Thermosphere and Stratosphere
List the gases of the atmosphere from Greatest amount to least amount
Nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide
Heat transfer continues until temperature are what?
Equal
What is wind?
moving air or the movement of air
What is energy
the ability to do work