coldest layer, temperature decreases as
altitude increases
What is the mesosphere
100
The reason the thermosphere has high temperatures but not feel hot
What is "the thermosphere does not feel hot because air molecules are spaced far apart and cannot collide to transfer much thermal energy
100
the movement of air caused by
differences in air pressure
What is the wind
200
the transfer of thermal energy
by the circulation or movement of a liquid
or gas
What is convection
200
amount of energy received from the sun and the amount of
energy returned to space are about equal,
What is radiation balance
200
Atmospheric layer that has layered gases, thin air, little moisture
What is the stratosphere
200
the two gases that make up most of the atmosphere
What is nitrogen and oxygen
200
the apparent curving of the
path of a moving object from an otherwise
straight path due to the Earth’s rotation
What is the Coriolis effect
300
the warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of Earth
that occurs when water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases absorb and reradiate thermal energy
What is the greenhouse effect
300
One reason for global warming may be
What is increasing greenhouse gases.
300
the layer that lacks particle density, and has little thermal
energy transfer
What is the thermosphere
300
a measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface
What is air pressure
300
a greenhouse stays warm by this
What is sunlight passes through the glass objects absorb the energy and the glass prevents the thermal energy from escaping which warms the greenhouse.
400
a gradual increase in
average global temperature
What is global warming
400
Which of the following is the best example of conduction?
a. a light bulb warming a lampshade
b. an egg cooking in a frying pan
c. water boiling in a pot
d. gases circulating in the atmosphere
What is an egg cooking in a frying pan
400
Auroras are caused by electrically charged particles in the
What is the ionosphere
400
It holds the atmosphere around the Earth
What is Gravity
400
sinking air cause areas of high pressure because of this
What is colder denser air
500
the average temperature of the following temperatures
74.5 F, 57.5, 67.3, 81.4, 45.9, 33.2, is
What is 59.9 degrees F (60 rounded off)
500
what winds carried the discoverers of the New World to the Americas?
What is Trade Winds
500
This best describes Earth’s atmosphere
What is mostly nitrogen with about 21% oxygen
500
the oxygen in the Earth's current atmosphere is produced primarily during photosynthesis by both
What is phytoplankton (sea plants) and land plants
500
If the trade winds carried traders from Europe to the Americas what carried them back to Europe