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Air Pressure/Altitude
Layers of the Atmosphere
Energy
Heat
Winds
100
The result of air pushing down on an area.
What is air pressure?
100
Weather
What happens in the Troposphere?
100
Kinetic Energy.
On a roller coaster, the top resembles what type of energy?
100
The transfer of heat through waves.
What is radiation?
100
False
True or False? In the Southern Hemisphere, global winds curve to the right.
200
An instrument to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
200
Four Layers
How many layers of the atmosphere are there?
200
Gamma Waves.
Which has more energy? Gamma Waves or Radio Waves?
200
The transfer of heat through fluids.
What is convection?
200
True
True of False? The way Earth's rotation makes winds curve is called the Coriolis effect.
300
Air Pressure
As altitude increases, what decreases?
300
Yes
Is the Mesosphere dense enough to burn meteoroids?
300
False
True or False? When earth's surface is heated, most of the energy radiates back into the atmosphere as infrared conduction.
300
The transfer of heat through metal.
What is convection?
300
An anemometer.
What measures wind?
400
Density
As air pressure decreases, what also decreases?
400
The Ozone Layer.
What is in the Stratosphere?
400
True
True or False? Electromagnetic radiation travels through the atmosphere.
400
Radiation, Conduction, Convection.
Name the 3 types of heat.
400
The direction it is coming from.
What does the name of wind tell you?
500
The distance above sea level.
What is elevation?
500
The Ionosphere and Exosphere.
What layers are in the Thermosphere?
500
Electromagnetic radiation from the sun.
How does energy travel to earth?
500
Energy
What is heat?
500
True.
True or False? Because Earth is rotating, global winds follow a straight path.