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Atmosphere
Heating
Winds
Weather
Pollutants
100
Name the most abundant gas in the atmophere
What is Nitrogen
100
The Earth receives energy from the sun by
What is radiation
100
Moving air
What is wind
100
Near the equator, the trade winds meet in an area of low pressure called the
What are the DOLDRUMS
100
Pollutants caused by humans or natural activity are called
What are primary pollutants?
200
Name the three things that make up the atmosphere
What is Dust, Water Vapor and Gases
200
This heat transfers from one material to another by direct contact.
What is Conduction?
200
Winds between 30 and 60 degrees that flow toward the poles
What are the westerlies?
200
Primary pollutants that come in contact with other primary pollutants cause a chemical reaction to occur. This type of pollution is called
What are secondary pollutants
300
The protective ozone layer is found here
What is the stratosphere?
300
The continual process of warm air rising and cool air sinking creates a circular movement of air called
What is a convection current?
300
At night, the air over _____ cools more quickly than the air over _____
What is the air over LAND cools more quickly than the air over WATER.
300
A scrubber attached to a smokestack removes this.
What is ash and other particles to prevent pollution
400
The higher you go, the air pressure ________
What is decreases.
400
Global warming could be caused by an increase in the
What is the greenhouse effect
400
Air tends to move from regions of _______ pressure to _______ pressure.
What is HIGHER TO LOWER
400
At night, mountain air ______ faster than the valley below. This air is more dense than the _____ air below.
Mountain air COOLS faster This is more dense than the WARM air below
400
Chemicals mixed with air can form acids. This is an example of ___ pollutants.
What is secondary
500
Explain what is meant by the Greenhouse effect.
Earth's gases and the glass in a greenhouse allow solar energy to pass through them, but stop heat energy from escaping back out
500
The heat from the equator area is moved toward the poles by
What is convection?
500
The Coriolis effect causes the winds in the Northern Hemisphere to ___________
What is CURVE to the right
500
What will happen to the weather in an area if it is affected by a high pressure system
The sky will be clear but the temperatures will be cooler.
500
What are the 4 B's at Curtin School?
Be respectful, Be responsible, Be safe, Be a positive leader