Section 1 - The Air Around You
The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
What is Weather?
The amount of mass in a given volume of air.
The layer of the atmosphere that humans live on.
What is The Troposphere?
Rain that is more acidic than normal rain.
What is Acid Rain?
The layer where airplanes fly.
What is The Troposphere?
A thin layer of gases that surrounds the planet.
What is The Atmosphere?
The force pushing on an area or surface.
What is Pressure?
The layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer.
What is The Stratosphere?
Harmful substances in the air, water, or soil.
What are Pollutants?
The highest layer that weather balloons fly in.
What is The Stratosphere?
The percentages of dry gases in the atmosphere.
What are 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, and 1% Other Gases?
The result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.
What is Air Pressure?
The layer of the atmosphere that protects Earth's surface from being hit by meteoroids.
What is The Mesosphere?
The brown haze that develops in sunny cities.
What is Photochemical Smog?
The layer where shooting stars burn up.
What is The Mesosphere?
Water in the form of an invisible gas.
What is Water Vapor?
An instrument that is used to measure air pressure.
What is A Barometer?
The layer of the atmosphere where the air is extremely thin.
What is The Thermosphere?
The gas that can cause reduced ability of blood to deliver oxygen to cells.
What is Carbon Monoxide?
The layer where shuttles orbit.
What is The Thermosphere?
What is Ozone?
The distance above sea level.
What is Altitude (Elevation)?
The layer of the atmosphere that extends to outer space.
What is The Exosphere?
What is Ozone?
The layer where satellites orbit.
What is The Exosphere?