28.1 Notes

Question 1

How are the atmosphere layers divided?

Answer 1

composition and temperature

Question 2

What is the troposphere made of?

Answer 2

78% of nitrogen

Question 3

what is the second biggest percentage of gasses that makes up the air in the atmosphere?

Answer 3

21% Oxygen

Question 4

What are the remaining of 1% made up of?

Answer 4

1% is trace gasses

Question 5

troposphere

Answer 5

this is where weather takes place

Question 6

Does the temperature increase or decrease?

Answer 6

Decreases

Question 7

How many layers are in the Earth’s atmosphere?

Answer 7

There are 5 layers

Question 8

What are the names of the atmosphere starting closer to the earths surface going up?

Answer 8

troposphere, methosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

Question 9

Which layer is the othosphere found in?

Answer 9

troposphere

Question 10

Does the temperature increase or decrease with altitude?

Answer 10

Increases it gets warmer

Question 11

Does the temperature increase or decrease?

Answer 11

Decreases

Question 12

Where does 100% of our radation come from

Answer 12

the sun

Question 13

What percent of cular radeation is ubsorbed by cular radiation

Answer 13

it get absorbed

Question 14

What percent of solar radiation gets reflected by solar radiation

Answer 14

5%

Question 15

What percent of radiation is absorbed by particles in the atmosphere?

Answer 15

20%

Question 16

What percent of radiation is reflected back by clouds and other particles?

Answer 16

25%

Question 17

What are the 3 basic cloud types

Answer 17

stratus, cumulus, and cirrus

Question 18

Explain what a stratus cloud looks like.

Answer 18

layered sheet like clouds associated with rain

Question 19

What do cumulus clouds look like?

Answer 19

puffy in shape and occur in fair weather.

Question 20

What do Cirrus clouds look like?

Answer 20

wispy and high-altitude

Question 21

What is it called where water gets taken up to the atmosphere and falls back to the land?

Answer 21

Water Cycle

Question 22

What are the stages of the water cycle?

Answer 22

evaporation, condensation, transportation, precipitation, runoff, and infiltration,