Atmosphere
What is the Atmosphere made up of?
Gasses and Aerosols
What is the greenhouse effect?
when heat is trapped near Earth’s surface by greenhouse gases.
Where does earth get most of it's energy from?
The Sun
What is condensation?
When water molecules (gas) in the air cool and become liquid
what is the Thermosphere?
Hottest layer/energy from the sun hits here first, contains a layer of charged atoms and molecules known as the Ionosphere
What are Aerosols?
solid particles such as salt evaporated from oceans and pollution
What is the Atmosphere protecting us from?
Harmful radiation from the sun, Meteors, and keeping earth warm by the greenhouse effect
fill in the blanks The sun heats the water causing water __ to move faster turning from __ water to water __
1. Molecules 2. Liquid 3.Vapor
What is Transpiration?
the process by which water is evaporated into the air from plant leaves.
What is the coldest layer
The Mesosphere
The gasses mostly include...
nitrogen, oxygen, carbon, dioxide, water, vapor, and ozone
How does the atmosphere exist?
Gravity keeps gas close to earth, the atmosphere changes over millions of years and continues to change even today
What is an example of precipitation?
Rain/Snow/Hail/Sleet
What is Infiltration?
When water from precipitation soaks into the ground surface
Whtais the hottest layer?
The Thermosphere
Carbon dioxide is a...
greenhouse gas that traps heat from the sun and warms the Earth.
the outermost layer, very thin, doesn't have a specific outer limit, Atoms and molecules escape into space from this region
The Exosphere
What is Surface Runoff?
When water doesn’t soak into the ground, but flows on a path to a river
What is Percolation?
When water soaks deeper into the groundwater by a gravitational pull
Which layer contains the Ozone layer
The Stratosphere
...is when the overall climate of Earth to changes and warms
Global Climate Change
what is the mesospheres temperature average?
-90°C
what is Evaporation?
the process by which the sun’s heat turns the water into a gas/vapor
What is Groundwater?
water that has soaked further into the ground in spaces between soil and rock particles
Which layer is closest to Earth's surface?
The Troposphere