The Air Around You
The envelope of gases that surrounds the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
Air pressure _____ as density decreases.
What is Decreases?
The layer of the atmosphere that we live in.
What is the Troposphere?
The device that measures temperature.
What is a Thermometer?
The movement of air parallel to Earth's surface.
What is Wind?
Events in one part of the atmosphere do not affect other parts of the atmosphere. True or False?
What is False?
Air pressure decreases as altitude_______.
What is Increases?
This layer goes on for an unknown distance above Earth.
What is the Thermosphere?
Ultraviolet radiation has ________ waves than the infrared radiation.
What is Shorter?
Wind speed can be measured with this device.
What is an Anemometer?
The four main gases in Earth's atmosphere?
What are carbon dioxide, nitrogen, water vapor, and oxygen?
The instrument that measures air pressure.
What is a Barometer?
The Ozone Layer.
What is the Stratosphere?
The direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
What is Radiation?
The increased cooling that a wind can cause.
What is the Windchill Factor?
This percent of Earth's atmosphere is made up of nitrogen.
What is 78 percent?
Air pressure doesn't crush us. Why?
Why is That the molecules in air push in all directions?
This layer protects Earth from meteoroids.
What is the Mesosphere?
The transfer of heat by the movement of fluid.
What is Convection?
A calm area where warm rises.
What are Doldrums?
In 1778, this French Chemist discovered oxygen.
Who is Antoine Lavoisier?
The amount of mass in a given volume of air.
What is Density?
This layer extends from about 50 to 250 miles above Earth's surface.
What is the Ionosphere?
The process that causes the sky to look blue.
What is Scattering?
Differences in air pressure are caused by the ______________________.
What is the unequal heating of the atmosphere?