Gases and air pollution
Air pressure
Layers of the atmosphere
Energy in the atmosphere
Heat transfer
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The most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
100
The unit of measure of atmosphere.
What are millibars?
100
The altitude of the ionosphere.
What is 80 to 550 kilometers?
100
Clouds act like ------. (a reflective surface)
What is a mirror?
100
Heat transfer examples are radiation, conduction, and -----.
What is convection?
200
---------- is pollution that is trapped inside.
What is indoor air pollution?
200
----------- is a result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.
What is air pressure?
200
This is the third layer of the atmosphere.
What is mesosphere?
200
This is reflection of light in all directions.
What is scattering?
200
The energy transfer through waves, through air, or empty space.
What is radiation?
300
The second most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
What is oxygen?
300
A ----------- is an instrument that measures changes in air pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
This layer of the atmosphere is changing or turning.
What is the troposphere?
300
Before the suns rays reach Earth's surface, they must pass through the ---------.
What is the atmosphere?
300
This is heat transfer by contact.
What is conduction?
400
The gas that is most responsible for global warming.
What is carbon dioxide?
400
This is the distance above sea level.
What is altitude?
400
It contains the aurora borealis and bounces radio waves.
What is the ionosphere?
400
------, dust, and other gases absorb energy from the sun.
What are clouds?
400
This is heat transfer through a liquid or gas.
What is convection?
500
Dust, pet hair, and air fresheners are examples of this.
What is indoor air pollution?
500
An ------------ is different from a mercury one because it does not contain liquid.
What is an aneroid barometer?
500
The ionosphere and thermosphere are this.
What is 80 and 550 kilometers?
500
------- and carbon dioxide absorb some infrared radiation.
What is water vapor?
500
Air temperature is usually measured with this.
What is a thermometer?
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