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Gases In The Atmosphere & Pollution
Air Pressure And Altitude
Layers Of The Atmosphere
Energy In The Atmosphere
Heat Transfer
100
______ are substances that cause pollution.
What are pollutants?
100
The force pushing on an area or surface is known as _____.
What is pressure?
100
The ______ is where life and weather take place.
What is the troposphere?
100
Earth's surface absorbs ______ energy which heats land and water.
What is solar?
100
The energy transferred from a hotter object to a cooler one is reffered to as _____.
What is heat?
200
Ozone is good in the stratosphere and bad in the ________.
What is the troposphere?
200
Falling air pressure indicates that a _____ is coming.
What is a storm?
200
The ______ layer takes place in the stratosphere.
What is ozone?
200
Some of the absorbed energy is radiated back to the ______.
What is the atmosphere?
200
Heat is transferred in three ways: radiation, _______, and convection.
What is conduction?
300
________ ________ predicts that an increase in carbon dioxide will cause the average temperature of the Earth to rise.
What is global warming?
300
_____ and ______ are the two types of barometers.
What is mercury and aneroid?
300
The ______ has two layers called the ionosphere and the exosphere.
What is the thermosphere?
300
Solar energy is mostly visible light, infrared radiation, and ______ _____.
What is ultraviolet radiation?
300
Warm air is less dense and _______.
What is rises?
400
CFCs caused the hole in the _______ _______.
What is ozone layer?
400
______ increases as air pressure decreases?
What is altitude?
400
The ______ has electrically charged particles.
What is the ionosphere?
400
Some energy that reaches the surface is _____ back into the atmosphere.
What is reflected?
400
The transfer of energy by waves is ______.
What is radiation?
500
Ozone, which is ______, is the major chemical found in smog.
What is toxic?
500
National Weather Service maps indicate air pressure in ______.
What are millibars?
500
Satellites orbit in the ______.
What is the exosphere?
500
_____, dust, and gases in the atmosphere reflect and scatter light.
What is clouds?
500
The atmosphere is heated mainly by ______ ________.
What are convection currents?