Layers of the Atmosphere
The lowest layer. Weather only happens here.
What is the Troposphere?
The earth is warmed by this.
What is the sun's energy?
The most common gas in the atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
This causes wind.
What is unequal heating of the Earth's surface?
A mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
The second layer. Ozone and jet stream are located here.
What is the Stratosphere?
The transfer of energy.
What is Radiation?
This gas makes up 21% of the Earth's atmosphere.
What is oxygen?
Narrow belts of high-speed wind that blow.
What is jet stream?
The measure of force that air molecules are pushing down on a surface.
What is air pressure?
The middle layer. Meteors burn up here.
What is the Mesosphere?
Thermal energy transfer between touching objects.
What is conduction?
Air pressure is the greatest in this layer of the Earth's atmosphere.
What is the troposphere?
Prevailing winds in Antarctica.
What are polar easterlies?
Protects the Earth from the Sun's harmful rays.
What is ozone?
The uppermost layer.
What is the Thermosphere?
Thermal energy transfer by matter in motion.
What is convection?
This causes stormy weather.
What is unstable air?
Local winds that blow toward the sea.
What are land breezes?
An indoor air pollutant.
What is radon?
This layer is part of the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere.
What is the Ionosphere?
The process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb thermal energy and radiate it back to earth.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This causes differences in air temperatures at different altitudes.
What is the way gases absorb solar energy?
These winds were used by early Europeans to travel across the ocean from Europe to America.
What are trade winds?
When the amount of energy received from the sun and the amount of energy returned to space are about equal.
What is radiation balance?