Layers in Earth's Atmosphere
Energy in Earth's Atmosphere
Temperature in all Departments
Winds in the atmosphere
Air in the atmosphere
100
A layer that extends above 80 Km above Earth's surface.
What is the Thermosphere
100
Energy that travels from the sun to Earth.
What are electromagnetic waves
100
an instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer
100
The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to and area of low pressure
What is wind
100
The condition of earths atmosphere at a particular time and place.
What is weather
200
Where phone calls and television are relayed by by satellites.
What is the Exosphere
200
the direct transfer of electromagnetic waves, so the electromagnetic waves given off by the sun are called solar radiation.
What is Radiation
200
consists of a glass tube open at the bottom end and parially filled with mercury.
What is a mercury barometer
200
Winds the blow over short distances.
What is local wind
200
The brown haze the develops in sunny cities from pollutants
What is photochemical smog
300
the layer that is about 50 Km high
What is the Stratosphere
300
a not visible, but can be felt as heat energy.
What is infrared radiation
300
this has an airtight metal chamber.
What is an aneroid barometer
300
Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances.
What is global wind
300
rain that contains more acid than normal.
What is acid rain
400
Where rain, snow, storms, and most clouds occur.
What is the troposphere.
400
an invisible form of energy with wavelengths that are shorter than violet light.
What is Ultraviolet radiation
400
the total energy of motion in the particles of a substance.
What is thermal energy
400
A local wind that blows from an ocean or lake.
What is seabreeze
400
Water in the form of a gas.
What is water vapor
500
Where most meteoroids burn up.
What is the mesosphere
500
When gases hold heat in the air.
What is the Greenhouse effect
500
a thin glass tube with a bulb on one end that contains a liquid, usually colored alcohol.
What is a thermometer
500
The flow of air from land to a body of water.
What is land breeze
500
A form of oxygen that has 3 oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of the usual 2.
What is the ozone
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