Atmosphere
These two gases together make about 99% of Earth's atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen and Oxygen?
Gas that has been significantly increasing in the atmosphere due to human invention.
What is CO2?
Gas layers that envelope the planet.
What is the atmosphere?
Air density increases when air pressure ....
What is increases?
This gas in the atmosphere contributed to the rise of organisms in earth's evolution.
What is oxygen?
Trade Winds
What is the winds focused around the equator?
Wind speeds within this storm reach 74 mph over an ocean.
What is a hurricane?
Llayer of the atmosphere in which a thunderstorm might develop.
What is the troposphere?
As altitude increases, the density and pressure of the air does what?
What is density and pressure decreases?
Water in the form of a gas.
What is water vapor?
Tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
When there are not enough plants and trees to capture and release water into the atmosphere, creating clouds and then rain.
What is drought?
Layer of the atmosphere with the lowest density.
What is the exosphere?
Lower density results in ________ pressure.
What is less pressure?
This is effected by height above sea level, temperature and water vapor.
What is air pressure?
Mountain ranges will act as a barrier, holding it back and deflecting it so that it flows parallel to the range.
What is the effect of mountains on wind?
If forests are cleared, or even disturbed, they release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
One important role of the atmosphere is that it protects us from these flying objects!
What is a meteoroid?
Air that rises because it is less dense.
What is warm air?
The condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a specific time and place.
What is weather?
The Coriolis Effect
What is the wind pattern caused by the Earth's rotation?
Urban areas create heat islands that can change local weather patterns and weather downwind from the heat islands because cities radiate heat back into the atmosphere at a rate 15 percent to 30 percent less than rural areas.
What is, "How does urbanization affect the atmosphere?"
The atmosphere humans live in.
What is the troposphere?
Why is it harder to breathe at the top of a mountain?
What is oxygen molecules are more spread out and there are fewer to breathe?