Water Cycle
This is responsible for the water cycle.
What is the sun?
An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines
What is a flood?
carbon dioxide (CO2)
nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
methane (CH4)
water vapor (H2O)
hydrofluorocarbons
perfluorocarbons
What are examples of a Greenhouse Gas?
This is the lowest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere?
Global winds appear to curve due to this.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
The passage of watery vapor from a living body (as of a plant) through a membrane or pores
What is transpiration?
This is something that is harmful,devastating,causes great damage and suffering
What is a catastrophic event?
Scientists estimate that a forested area the size of a football field is cut down every second. This is called
What is deforestation?
This layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
This tool helps you with measuring the atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
A change from a liquid to a vapor
What is Evaporation?
Long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean
What is a tsunami?
The Earth’s atmosphere contains this to capture the Sun’s radiant energy.
What are Greenhouse Gases?
As the altitude in the troposphere increases the temperature will
What is decrease?
This temperature of air rises.
What is warm air?
When water droplets get large enough to fall from the clouds
What is precipitation?
Space debris that enter the Earth’s atmosphere
What is a meteor?
The steady growth of cities and the population living in cities is called
What is urbanization?
Acts as a shield to protect against harmful UV rays.
What is the ozone layer?
This is the pattern and color of a cold front that is shown on a weather ma.
What are blue triangles?
to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state
What is sublimation?
What is a hurricane?
Carbon dioxide (CO2) that is released into the atmosphere can also be absorbed and removed from the air.It can be a ocean, soil or forests.
What are Carbon sinks?
As the altitude in the stratosphere increases the temperature
What is increase?
These are the 2 gases that make up 99% of the gases in the Earth's atmosphere.
What are Nitrogen and Oxygen?