Global Circulation
Layers
Solar RADiation
Composition
Miscellaneous
100
A massive convection cell that encircles the globe.
What is a wind belt?
100
This layer is where all the weather happens.
What is the troposphere
100
All EMR produced by the sun is contained in this.
What is the electromagnetic spectrum
100
This compound protects us from UV and consists of three oxygen atoms.
What is ozone
100
The source of 99.9% of all energy on Earth.
What is the sun
200
Old sailing ships would get stuck in this equatorial convergence zone, sometimes for very long periods.
What is The Doldrums
200
This layer is where convection will stop due to an increase in temperature.
What is the stratosphere (or tropopause)
200
Radiation from the sun travels to earth at this speed.
What is the speed of light
200
Most of our atmosphere consists of this gas.
What is nitrogen
200
An increase in volume will give you a decrease in this, and may cause floating.
What is density
300
These winds are produced by Hadley cells in the north and south.
What is the Trade Winds
300
This layer occupies altitudes from 50 to 85 km and gets very cold.
What is the mesosphere
300
These are the shortest and most energetic EMR waves
What is gamma rays
300
As a vapor, this compound moves large amounts of energy in our atmosphere.
What is water
300
Early sailors would sometimes throw these creatures overboard when stranded at sea, giving one area of weak circulation its strange name.
What are horses
400
A wind belt that encircles the globe from 30 to 60 degrees latitude in both hemispheres and is deflected east by the Coriolis effect.
What is the Westerlies
400
99% of atmospheric mass is found in these two layers.
What is the troposphere and stratosphere
400
This type of wavelength is just above our ability to see.
What is ultraviolet waves
400
This element makes up about 21% of the atmosphere by weight.
What is oxygen
400
When air moves from high pressure to low pressure, we feel it as this.
What is wind
500
These interactions of cold and warm air create large storm belts in the higher latitudes.
What is a Polar Front
500
This occurs in the body due to sudden decompression, can happen from flying or diving.
What is the bends
500
These wavelengths are emitted by anything hot.
What is infrared
500
This compound, necessary for photosynthesis, was much more abundant in the early atmosphere than it is now.
What is carbon dioxide
500
This is used to refer to a temperature inversion in the troposphere...or maybe a hat.
What is a cap
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