Environmental Science Unit 5: Atmosphere & Weather

Atmosphere

100

The nitrogen we breath needs to be converted by nitrogen fixing bacteria in the _____. 

Soil 

200

This instrument is used to measure air pressure:

Barometer

300

There is greater atmospheric pressure at sea level than in the mountains. True or False?

True 

400

The atmospheric layers are divided into imaginary layers based on trends of what?

Temperature

500

Name three gases that are most prominently found in our atmosphere:

Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Argon

Layers

100

This atmospheric layer is closest to the earth and contains our weather. 

Troposphere 

200

This atmospheric layer contains the Ozone layer, which protects us from harmful UV radiation. 

Stratosphere 

300

This atmospheric layer is the middle layer, and is where most meteors burn up. 

Mesosphere 

400

In this atmospheric layer the air is very thin, the aurora borealis and international space station are located here. 

Thermosphere 

500

This atmospheric layer is the outer most layer and gradually fades into space. 

Exosphere 

Weather & Cycles

100

The area of the earth near the equator receives the most solar radiation and the unequal heating of the earth causes global winds. True or False?

True 

200

If earths axis is tipping away from the sun, that means the northern hemisphere is in which season?

Winter

300

Hurricanes allow us to easily see the Coriolis effect because they spin in different directions based on:

Hemisphere 

400

Name three ways carbon cycles slowly:

Atmosphere, volcanoes, ocean sediment. 

500

List three ways nitrogen is "fixed":

Bacteria in the soil, lightning, fertilizer products.