Atmosphere
Layers of Atmosphere
Weather
Biogeochemical Cycles
AAHS Trivia
100

Most abundant gas in our atmosphere

Nitrogen

100

Hottest layer of the atmosphere

Thermosphere

100

When a hemisphere is tilted AWAY from the sun it is which season?

Winter

100

Phosphorus is most abundant in which sphere of Earth?

Geosphere

100

What room number is this?

105

200

Tool used to measure air pressure

Barometer

200

Contains the Ozone layer

Stratosphere

200

Which area of Earth receives the most solar radiation?

the equator

200
Humans receive nitrogen through...

plants

200

Which subject did I teach the longest?

Algebra I (math)

300

The gas that makes up about 21% of the atmosphere

Oxygen

300

The highest layer of the atmosphere with no definite boundaries and often considered to be part of outer space.

Exosphere

300

Seasons are the result of...

the TILT of the Earth's axis

300

Nitrogen is fixed into a form accessible to organisms by...

!!!DAILY DOUBLE IF YOU CAN NAME ALL 3!!

bacteria

lightning and man-made fertilizer

300
What color are each grade levels' polos?

9th- gray

10th- white

11th-purple

12th-black

400

Atmospheric pressure is GREATEST at...

Sea level

400

Contains the vast majority of the mass of the atmosphere

Troposphere

400

Wind is the result of...

the uneven heating of Earth

400

Nitrogen is used in the body to make...


NAME ONE

DNA, RNA, proteins and amino acids

400

Newest 9th Grade Teacher

McLaughlin

500

The largest producer of oxygen for the atmosphere is...

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Algae/ Phytoplankton

500

Two layers that have INCREASING temperature trends

Stratosphere and Thermosphere

500

Which weather circulation cell does Austin fall in?

Ferrel cell

500
The enzyme used to break nitrogen's triple bonds

Nitrogenase

500

All FOUR principal names

Edmonds, Young (APC), Potts (API), Lemere (APO)