The Atmosphere
Air Quality
Air Pressure
Layers of the Atmosphere
More Layers of the Atmosphere
100
The lab we are doing in Ms. Gillian's class everyday.
What is "Weather Watch?"
100
Harmful substances in the air
What is Air Pollution?
100
Amount of mass in a given volume of air. (Hint: __ = m/v)
What is density?
100
The layers of the atmosphere where we live and where all weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
100
This layer is divided into the exosphere and the ionosphere
What is the thermosphere?
200
21% of the atmosphere is made up of this gas
What is oxygen?
200
The average number of pollen grains in a cubic meter of air. (Hint: This is mentioned on the Weather Channel a lot in the summer)
What is the pollen count?
200
Weight of the air pushing down on an area.
What is Air Pressure?
200
This is the level of the atmosphere where airplanes fly
What is the stratosphere?
200
The layers in order from the Earth to the sun
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
300
Water in the form of gas.
What is water vapor?
300
Water combined with nitrogen oxide and sulphur oxide (Hint: falls from the sky)
What is acid rain?
300
The Instrument used to measure Air Pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
This is the layer where meteoroids burn up
What is the mesosphere?
300
Comes from a Greek word meaning 'heat'
What is 'thermo'
400
The most abundant gas in the atmosphere. (78%)
What is nitrogen?
400
The brown haze that forms over cities (caused by the action of sunlight on chemicals)
What is photochemical smog?
400
This is coming when the air pressure drops.
What is a Storm?
400
The layer of the atmosphere closest to the sun?
What is the thermosphere?
400
This protects us from meteors, provides pressure, gives us oxygen and maintains temperature
What is the atmosphere
500
This traps warmth and keeps water as liquid so we can live
What is the atmosphere?
500
Allergies, headaches, dizziness and lung disease are caused by
What is Air Pollution?
500
Interesting weather that happens when the dew point and the temperature are the same? (Hint: Ms. Gillian told us it happened yesterday)
What is cold (frosty) fog?
500
This is located at the top of the stratosphere. We depend on it to absorb energy from the sun and convert it to heat.
What is the ozone?
500
The brilliant light display that occur in the Ionosphere (and can be seen up north)
What are the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis?
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