Layers of the Atmosphere
lowest layer of the atmosphere-where we live it is also where all weather occurs
What is Troposphere?
What is mass?
78% of the earths atmosphere
What is Nitogen?
Pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pressing down on an area
What is Air pressure?
Elevation above sea level
What is Altitude?
Middle of the atmosphere,responsible for burning up meteoriods
What is Mesosphere?
Made up of 3 oxygens molecules instead of 2
What is ozone?
What we breath and is 21% of the earths atmosphere
What is oxygen?
Pressure against the walls of the metal container causes changes to flex up and out pressure ineasurod on dial
What is areoid?
A barometer that measures pressure without uses fluids
What is Aneroid Barometer?
2nd layer of the atmosphere from the Earth, ozone layer is located here,absorbs harmful UV rays
What is Stratosphere?
Then layer of gases that surround Earth
What is atmosphere?
0.038 % of the earths atmosphere and its in air
What is carbon dioxide?
M - V
(m over v)
What is density?
Distinguishing characteristics between a matter
What is properties?
The outer layer of the thermosphere,extending outward into space,international space station located here
What is Exosphere?
The amount of space an object takes up
What is volume?
We most of the time use it to blow up balloons and it is 0.00052% of the Earths atmosphere
What is helium?
instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
Water in the form of gas
What is water vapor?
The lower part of the thermosphere,where electrically charged particles called ions are found,responsible for bouncing radio waves
What is Ionosphere?
The amount of mass in a given volume
What is density?
It makes up 0.43% of the earths atmosphere and its on the periodic table and the sign is Ar
What is Argon?
Air is made up of ___ and molecules
What is atoms
Gases found in small amounts less than 1%
What is Trace Gases?