Atmospheric Layers
This layer contains all of our weather.
What is the Troposphere?
As we go up in the atmosphere the air gets ...
What is thinner (less dense)?
When human population increases, our use of resources and our amount of pollution ...
What is INCREASES?
Most air pollution comes from...
What is burning fossil fuels?
The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
What is weather?
The ozone layer is contained in this major layer.
What is the Stratosphere?
Air Pressure is influenced by 3 factors (HAT).
What is Humidity, Altitude, and, Temperature?
Sunlight, wind, water, plants, and animals are all ___ resources.
What is renewable?
This might be an ecological cost of drilling for oil off of any coastline.
What are possible oil spills, or damage to the ocean floor, or harm to animal or plant life?
The contamination of Earth's land, water, or air.
What is pollution?
This is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
As you go from the mountain top to sea level, air pressure gets...
What is MORE or greater?
The most common type of smog in the United States. Occurs when sunlight reacts with pollution creating ground level ozone and other pollutants.
What is PHOTOchemical Smog?
In 1990 many countries around the world signed an agreement to ban ozone damaging substances (including CFCs) this was a __ decision:
A. Personal B. Local C. National D. Global.
What is D. Global?
Calculated by dividing the mass of a substance by its volume.
What is density?
The 4 major atmospheric layers are classified based on changing...
What is Temperature?
Drier air has ___ air pressure.
What is MORE?
Acid rain is created when moisture in the atmosphere combines with ...
What is SULFUR oxides.? (Produced by burning fossil fuels)
Nearly half of the pollution caused from burning fossil fuels comes from....
What is transportation?
This word means to repeat again and again.
What is iterate?
This layer is where the majority of meteors burn up due to friction.
What is the Mesosphere?
Why does air have pressure?
What is because air has MASS?
Fossil fuels are NON-Renewable resources. List 3 examples of fossil fuels.
What are coal, oil (petroleum), natural gas, or gasoline?
Burning fossil fuels releases many pollutants including Carbon dioxide, which traps in the Earth's heat creating ...
What is Global warming or the Greenhouse Effect?
This word means able to keep going at the same rate.
What is sustainable?