Atmosphere
Name that energy
more energy
windy day
review
100
The layer of the atmosphere protects us by absorbing this radiation and heat. Hint: not blocks but absorbs
What is Thermosphere ?
100
only form of thermal energy you can find in outer space
What is radiation?
100
convection currents move in what kind of motion/ pattern
what is circular?
100
Standing on a large body of water during the day, you could expect this about a breeze coming toward you from the water.
What is the breeze is cool
100
This is the transfer of energy in the form of waves between particles as well as through empty space.
radiation
200
two gases you find in the the greenhouse gasses
what is co2 and water vapor?
200
direct contact
what is conduction?
200
warm air ______________, and cold air __________.
rises/sinks
200
The Coriolis effect affects winds globally in this way.
What is it causes a change in wind direction?
200
This is the main source of Earth's energy and how it is transferred to Earth
What is electromagnetic radiation from the sun?
300
meteoroids are blocked by this level of the atmosphere.
what is mesosphere ?
300
does not need a medium to travel
what is Radiation?
300
what is a fluid described as
gas and liquid
300
This is the main cause of air circulation (wind) in Earth's atmosphere.
Earths unequal heating
300
If you climb a mountain, why is it harder to breathe.
What is at higher altitudes, the air pressure is lower?
400
Blocks 95% of harmful radiation from the sun
What is the Stratosphere?
400
this form travels through fluids
what is convection?
400
radiation
400
This is the function of Earth's ozone layer.
What is to filter harmful radiation from the sun?
400
This is the main Greenhouse gas in our atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide?
500
weather takes place in this part of the atmosphere
what is troposphere?
500
name this picture, what do the arrows represent?
convection/ convection currents
500
Describe the picture
Land breeze
500
fuels wind , weather, and ocean currents
what is the sun?
500
the North and south pole are cold because they are at opposite ends of the ______________.
What is equator?