(Blank) is constantly changing and refers to the state of atmosphere at any given time?
What is Weather.
100
Name the spheres from LOWEST to HIGHEST?
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, thermosphere.
100
Occurs on June 21st or 22nd of each year?
What is Summer Solstice.
100
Occurs when an electromagnetic waves bounces off a object?
What is Reflection.
100
Fraction of total radiation that is reflected by any surface?
What is Albedo.
200
(Blank) is based on obversations of weather collected over many year?(describes a place or region)
What is Climate.
200
What sphere is the ozone in?
What is Stratosphere.
200
Occurs on September 22nd or 23rd?
What is Autumnal Equinox.
200
Produces a large number of weaker rays that travel in different directions?
What is Scattering.
200
Lines that connect points that have the same temperature?
What is Isotherms.
300
(Blank) is the source of all clouds and precipitation.
What is Water Vapor.
300
What sphere is Mt. Everest in?
What is Troposphere.
300
Occurs on December 21st or 22nd?
What is Winter Solstice.
300
Occurs when the proccess by which plants use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxde into energy.
What is Photosynthesis.
300
Acts as a blanket at night by absorbing outgoing radiation emitted by earth and reradiating a portion of it back to the surface?
What is Clouds.
400
(Blank) the heating of Earth's surface and atomshere from solar radiation being asorbed and emitted by the atomsphere, mainly by water vapor and carbon dioxde.
What is Greenhouse Effect.
400
This absorbs ultra-violet radiation from the Sun.
What is O-ZONE
400
Occurs on March 21st or 22nd?
What is Spring Equinox.
400
Occurs when solar energy reaches the Earth's surface?
What is Absorption.
400
One of the basic elements of weather and climate?
What is Temperature.
500
What sphere is the Aurora in?
What is Thermosphere.
500
Determines length of daylight compared to darkness?
What is Earth's position in orbit.
500
One of three things that happen when radiation strikes a object?
What is Energy is Absorbed,Transmitted,Reflected.
500
Name three factors that influence temperature?
What is Heating of land and water, Altitude,Geographic Position, Cloud Cover, and Ocean Currents.