Properties of Water
Water Transfer Heat
Greenhouse gases
Layers of Atmosphere
Climate Effects
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what is the difference between cohesion and adhesion?
Cohesion - water attracts water
Adhesion - water attracts to other substances
100
Why is water a agent of heat?
Water absorbs more heat before it gets hot.
100
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Climate - conditions from year to year
Weather - local conditions from day to day
100
Why do we study the atmosphere?
Essential for life on earth.
100
What are the 3 climate zones and what is the temperature for each zone?
1. Tropical Zone - Hot/warm
2. Temperate Zone - Warm and cold
3. Polar Zone - Cod
200
Water absorbs a lot of heat before it gets hot because it has a high _____________
Heat capacity
200
How does salt affect the density of water?
more salt the more dense water is
200
THINK: How can the greenhouse effect be positive or beneficial to us on earth?
Regulate temperature and climate on earth
Helps scientists analyze and interpret data on green emissions, temperature changes, and precipitation.
200
What are the 4 layers of the atmosphere in order starting with the lowest layer.
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
200
What is the difference between El Nino and La Nina?
El Nino is warming of the pacific ocean and La Nina is cooling of the pacific ocean.
300
Ice melts into liquid water, what happens to energy?
energy is absorbed
300
Coastal climates tend to have more extreme temperature changes compared to inland climates because of water’s high heat capacity. True or False? How do you know?
False, costal climate moderates water because of high specific heat capacity so body of water is slow to heat and slow to cool.
300
Which greenhouse gas appears the most from 1990-2015?
Carbon dioxide
300
What is the outermost layer of the atmosphere?
Thermosphere
300
__________ pressure is cold air sinking and warming the earth creating good weather, while ____________ pressure is hot air rising creating clouds and precipitation causing bad weather.
High pressure; low pressure
400
water vapor in the air becomes water droplets that collects in clouds. Precipitation occurs and it begins to snow. What happened to energy?
energy is released
400
What is the difference between wave formation and Coriolis effect?
Wave formation - up and down motion of surface water.
Coriolis effect - causes fluids like water and air to curve as they travel through earth.
400
What is the greenhouse effect?
Natural process of heat from the sun trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases causing heating of the earth's surface.
400
Which layer of the atmosphere includes all weather, clouds, and thunderstorms.
Troposphere
400
What is the temperature for each air mass:
1. cT =
2. mP =
3. cP =
4. mT =
1. cT - warm
2. mP - cold
3. cP - cold
4. mT - warm
500
What causes surface tension of water where water resists an external force.
Cohesion causes surface tension
500
Place the following water densities in order:
Cold Saltwater
Warm Freshwater
Warm Saltwater
Cold Freshwater
Warm Freshwater
Cold Freshwater
Warm Saltwater
Cold Saltwater
500
If there is a increase of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane, would the temperature of earth increase or decrease.
Double the points: Why?
Increase due to positive feedback loop
500
Which layer of the atmosphere has an increase temperature as altitude increases due to the ozone layer?
Stratosphere
500
Which wind pattern (trade winds, westerlies, and polar easterlies) goes with each statement?
1. cold, dry winds that blow from the east.
2. Winds that come from the east that are warmed and moistened rise and cool causing showers and storms.
3. Winds move from the west and the warm high pressure air rises and cools causing high precipitation.
1. Polar easterlies
2. Trade winds
3. Westerlies