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Layers of the Atmosphere
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
General Questions
What will you see
100
The layer of the atmosphere where weather happens?
Troposphere
100
What is a gas with concentrations that stays nearly constant?
Permanent gas
100
What is the smallest particle of an element that still has all the properties of that element.
An Atom
100
How does temperature change as you would up through the Atmosphere?
It gets colder.
100
What layer will a commercial airline fly in?
Troposphere
200
What layer of the atmosphere has the Ozone layer?
Stratosphere
200
Gas that changes concentrations over time and from place to place on earth are called?
Variable gas
200
WHAT IS THE LAYER OF AIR THAT SURROUNDS THE EARTH?
The Atmosphere
200
Name the three states of matter that exists.
Solid Liquid gas
200
Satellites will be found in this layer.
Thermosphere
300
What is the layer that transitions into space.
Exosphere
300
What is the ability of certain gases in the earths atmosphere to trap gas and keeping the earth warm?
Greenhouse effect
300
What is the force that air puts on an object?
Air Pressure
300
What are three gases found in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen Oxygen Carbon dioxide Argon
300
Which layer will have weather balloons?
Mesosphere
400
The layer where it can reach temperatures of several thousand degrees Celsius. It Also includes the ionosphere.
Thermosphere
400
The properties of temperature, humidity, pressure and wind are called this?
Weather factors
400
What is the ability to do work?
Energy
400
What two permanent gases are most plentiful in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen oxygen
400
What layer will travel a rocket travel up to?
Exosphere
500
The coldest layer where meteors and shooting stars occur.
Mesosphere
500
A colorless, odorless , and tasteless gas?
Oxygen
500
What is anything that occupies space and has mass?
Matter
500
Give three statements about air.
Takes up space Has mass Air can move
500
What layer will supersonic jets fly?
Stratosphere