4.Air Flashcards
Percent of nitrogen
78%
Percent of oxygen
21%
Percent of argan and carbon dioxide
Argon 0.93%
Carbon dioxide 0.03%
1st Layers of atmosphere
Trophosphere
2nd layer if atmosphere
Stratosphere
2nd layer if atmosphere
Stratosphere13-5 km
Ozone is present in which layer
Stratosphere
3re layer of atmosphere
Mesosphere
Meteoroids burn up in which layer
Mesosphere
Coldest layer of atmosphere
Mesosphere
4th layer of atmosphere
Thermosphere 80-400
Radio wave transmitted from the Earth reflected back from which layer
Inosphere present in thermosphere
5th layer of atmosphere
Exosphere
1000km
Which gas is found in exosphere
Helium and hydrogen
Insolation
Incoming solar radiation of sun
Types of permanent wind
Trade wind
Westerlies
Easterlies
Humidity
Amount of water vapour in the air
As the temperature increase the capacity to hold water also increase
Precipitation
Precipitation is the process by which water in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail falls from the atmosphere to the Earth’s surface.
Types of precipitation
Conventional rainfall
relief (orographic )rainfall
cyclonic rainfall
Hail
Oola
Drizzle
Bunda bandi
Glaze
Blade aeroplane coding of eye that form when super precipitation
Sleet
Sleet is a type of precipitation that consists of small, frozen ice pellets formed when raindrops freeze as they fall through a layer of cold air.