Green houes
air
pollusion
layers of the atmoshere
random
100
TOO MANY GREENHOUSE GASES CAUSE THE EARTH TO BECOME OVERLY WARM
What is Global Warming?
100
78% NITROGEN, 21% OXYGEN, 1% OTHER (CO2, WATER VAPOR, ARGON)
Which gases make up the atmosphere? (Give gases and %)
100
POLLUTION THAT IS WIDESPREAD AND HAS MANY SOURCES SUCH AS BURNING FOSSIL FUELS INCREASING THE LEVELS OF CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE
What is nonpoint source pollution? What is an example?
100
TROPOSPHERE, STRATOSPHERE, MESOSPHERE, THERMOSPHERE
What are the four main layers of the atmosphere (in order from Earth’s surface)
100
BECAUSE THEY ARE WATER DROPLETS, NOT GAS
Why can we see the clouds?
200
IMPORTANT GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE (CO2, WATER VAPOR, METHANE) WRAP AROUND THE EARTH LIKE A BLANKET AND KEEP ALL THE HEAT FROM REFLECTING BACK INTO SPACE
What is the Greenhouse effect?
200
THE MASS OF THE AIR MOLECULES PUSHING ON OBJECTS
What is the definition of air pressure?
200
POLLUTION THAT HAS ONE SOURCE, CAN BE TRACED BACK TO A SOURCE, SUCH AS A COMPANY BLOWING UNTREATED GASES OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE
What is point source pollution? What is an example?
200
TEMPERATURE DATA. TEMPERATURE GOES UP, THEN DOWN, THEN UP, THEN DOWN AS YOU GO HIGHER INTO THE ATMOSPHERE
What data did scientists use to divide the atmosphere into layers?
200
TRUE
True or False: Basically, the water that we use today has been around for 3-4 billion years.
300
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, BURNING FORESTS, ETC
What are some natural sources of greenhouse gases?
300
IF YOU PLACE AN INFLATED BALLOON IN THE FREEZER IT WILL SHRINK, OR GET SMALLER BECAUSE THE AIR MOLECULES HAVE LITTLE ENERGY; IF YOU PLACE THE BALLOON IN A BOWL OF HOT WATER, THE BALLOON WILL EXPAND, BECAUSE THE AIR HAS MORE ENERGY.
How do we know that hot air rises and cold air sinks? Use an example from our labs or your research.
300
Burning fossil fuels releases ozone and particles which combine with fog to create smog. Reduce gas emissions (improve cars), drive hybrids or electric cars
What is the cause of ozone/smog? What are some of the solutions?
300
TROPOSPHERE/MESOSPHERE GET COLDER AS ALTITUDE INCREASES STRATOSPHERE/THERMOSPHERE GET HOTTER AS ALTITUDE INCREASES
Compare/contrast the 4 main layers by temperature and altitude.
300
EVAPORATION OF WATER FROM THE LEAVES OF PLANTS
What is the definition of Transpiration
400
COMPRESSED MEANS PUSHED TOGETHER IN A SMALLER SPACE. WHEN WE SQUEEZED THE BOTTLE, WATER WENT INTO THE CARTESIAN DIVER AND COMPRESSED THE AIR INSIDE.
How do we know that air is compressed?
400
THE THINNING IS CAUSED BY CFC (CHLOROFLOUROCARBONS) THAT ARE FOUND IN AEROSOL SPRAYS, AIR CONDITIONING, FOAMS. THE CHLORINE ATOM FLOATS UP TO THE STRATOSPHERE AND REACTS WITH OZONE TO FORM OXYGEN. IT CAN NO LONG ABSORB UV RAYS
What is the cause of the thinning of the ozone layer in the stratosphere? What are some of the solutions?
400
THE EXOSPHERE
What is the 5th layer?
400
TROPOSPHERE
In which layer(s) do – people live? TROPOSPHERE Planes fly?
500
BOTH OF THEM KEEP THE EARTH WARM. BOTH OF THEM SHARE THE SAME GREENHOUSE GASES. GLOBAL WARMING IS PRIMARILY AN OVERABUNDANCE OF CO2 CAUSED BY BURNING FOSSIL FUELS. GREENHOUSE EFFECT IS CAUSED BY GASES PRODUCED NATURALLY (VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, BURNING FORESTS, ETC)
Greenhouse the same? How are they different?
500
IF YOU PLACE AN INFLATED BALLOON IN THE FREEZER IT WILL SHRINK, OR GET SMALLER BECAUSE THE AIR MOLECULES HAVE LITTLE ENERGY; IF YOU PLACE THE BALLOON IN A BOWL OF HOT WATER, THE BALLOON WILL EXPAND, BECAUSE THE AIR HAS MORE ENERGY.
How do we know that hot air rises and cold air sinks? Use an example from our labs or your research.
500
GOOD OZONE IS IN THE STRATOSPHERE/BAD OZONE IS IN THE TROPOSPHERE OZONE ABSORBS UV RAYS THAT ARE HARMFUL WHEN IN THE STRATOSPHERE BUT THEY CAUSE LUNG AND BREATHING PROBLEMS WHEN IT IS IN THE TROPOSPHERE
When is ozone “good” and when is it “bad”? Why?
500
ALL OF THEM DECREASE
What happens to air pressure , air temperature, and air density as altitude
500
THE THINNING IS CAUSED BY CFC (CHLOROFLOUROCARBONS) THAT ARE FOUND IN AEROSOL SPRAYS, AIR CONDITIONING, FOAMS. THE CHLORINE ATOM FLOATS UP TO THE STRATOSPHERE AND REACTS WITH OZONE TO FORM OXYGEN. IT CAN NO LONG ABSORB UV RAYS
What is the cause of the thinning of the ozone layer in the stratosphere? What are some of the solutions?
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