Layers of the Atmosphere
What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
What is the troposphere?
What part of the water cycle involves plants returning water into the atmosphere though evaporation?
What is transpiration?
Low air pressure brings air up when it __________.
What is rises?
What is weather?
Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place.
What is the atmosphere?
Layer of gases surrounding Earth.
What two factors determine the order and characteristics of the layers of the atmosphere?
Temperature and altitude
Clouds form as a result of which part of the water cycle?
What is condensation?
High air pressure causes air to _____________ when it put force on air.
What is sink?
What is climate?
Climate is the typical weather of an area over an extended period of time.
What is the second most common gas found in the atmosphere?
Oxygen
What layer contains the majority of the gases in the atmosphere?
What is the troposphere?
What process of the water cycle moves water that comes to Earth from precipitation, to oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams?
What is runoff?
Torandoes are caused by what type of air pressure?
What is low air pressure?
What type of weather occurs during a cold front?
Storms at first, then cool, fair weather
This is located in the stratosphere and protects us from UV rays.
What is the ozone layer?
Where do meteors burn up in the atmosphere?
What is the mesosphere?
What role does decomposition play in the distribution of gases into the atmosphere? What gases does it release?
It relases CO2 and N into the atmosphere?
In what direction does low air pressure move?
What is counterclockwise?
What type of weather occurs with a warm front?
A few days of rain
What are aquifers?
Layers of porous rock underneath the ground that contain water.
As altitude increases in the stratosphere, temperature _____________.
increases
How does infiltration benefit life on Earth?
What is it moves water into aquifers for humans and plants to use?
Air pressure is caused by what?
What is the force of gravity on the atmosphere?
What type of air pressure would Mt. Everest have?
What is low air pressure?
What weather tool measures air pressure?
What is a barometer?