Heat Transfer
The main cause for the earth heating unevenly is because ....
What is the sun’s rays hit some parts of the Earth more than other parts?
You are flying in a plane about 9 km above the Earth and there is rain on the windows. Based on this information, draw conclusions as to the layer of the atmosphere you are flying in?
What is the troposphere?
An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
What is a Barometer
Who is high; low?
what causes the suns rays to hit some parts of the Earth more directly than other parts.
What is the round shape of the Earth?
Describe how temperature changes in the MESOSPHERE as Altitude INCREASES.
What is as the altitude in the Mesosphere increases the temperature decreases.
Mountain climbers need oxygen tanks at high altitudes because.
What is the air is less dense.
The main cause of Earth winds is
What is the uneven heating of the earth.
The method of heat transfer where no there is NO DIRECT CONTACT between the objects or particles.
What is Radiation?
Describe how temperature changes in the Stratosphere as the altitude increases?
Who is as the altitude in the Stratosphere increases the temperature increases.
Air pressure is greatest at
What is at sea level?
The two major types of wind are.
What are global winds and local winds.
The method of heat transfer that takes place in fluids (liquids and gases).
What is convection?
Which layer of the atmosphere would you see shooting stars (meteors)?
What is the mesosphere?
The 2 units that are used to measure air pressure are
What is millibars and inches of mercury?
Why do winds or currents curve because of the rotation of the earth
What is because of the Coriolis Effect
The method of heat transfer that occurs when objects or particles touch.
What is conduction.
The primary two gases in Earth’s atmosphere are ____________________________.
What is nitrogen and oxygen?
High air pressure is associated with what type of weather.
Fair weather - clear skies.
What is the name of the global wind that sailors used to cross oceans and trade their goods.
What are the Trade Winds.