Vocab
The mass of air surrounding the planet
What is atmosphere?
This is the force (or weight) applied over a unit of area
What is pressure?
Conduction is the transfer of heat energy, through a liquid or gas, by currents
What is false?
This is the most abundant gas in the air
What is nitrogen?
What planet do we live on?
What is Earth?
Temperature
What is the measure of the energy of random motion in a substance's molecules
This is the transfer of heat energy by contact
What is conduction?
Radiation transfers energy by waves through air or empty space.
What is true?
These two layers are in the heterosphere
What are the thermosphere and the exosphere?
When you mix red and blue together, you get this color
What is purple?
Energy that is transferred as a consequence of temperature differences
What is heat?
This is a relatively inexpensive alternative to piloted space vehicles
What are space probes?
A sample of air that contains mostly nitrogen came from the heterosphere
What is false?
Three regions of the homosphere from highest to lowest
What is the mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere?
A tricycle has this many wheels
What is 3?
Atmospheric pressure
What is the pressure exerted by the atmosphere on all objects within it?
This is how Greenhouses gases help regulate the Earth's temperatures
What is absorb the infrared light the Earth radiates back into space?
If Earth's atmosphere contained twice the number of molecules it does today, atmospheric pressure would be greater than it is now.
What is true?
Temperature increases with altitude in this layer of the homosphere because of ozone
What is stratosphere?
This fruit is yellow and shaped like a smile
What is a banana?
The process by which certain gasses trap heat that radiates from Earth
What is Greenhouse effect?
Suppose you could measure the speed of molecules in the air while you were traveling up through the troposhpere, the speed of molecules would do this
What is decrease?
On a cold winter night, you begin to shiver because heat is being transferred from your body to the surrounding air
What is true?
Radio signals bounce off of this layer, extending the range of radio communication
What is the ionosphere?
This food is what you would eat if you could only eat one food forever
What is ______?