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1
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What gas is the most abundant

A

78% nitrogen

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2
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What gas is the second most abundant

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21% oxygen

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3
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How abundant are the other gases in our atmosphere

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1% argon and .039% carbon dioxide

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4
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How much does water vapor contribute when you consider all the components of air

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Water vapor can contribute 0-4% by volume and is the source of all precipitation and clouds

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5
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What are some examples of dust particles in the atmosphere

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Pollen, ash, microorganism

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6
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What is the ozone

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Is a thin layer mostly in the stratosphere and it has a hole in it. It is also a formed from oxygen (O3)

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7
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What does the ozone do for us to live

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It helps block out the Suns harmful UVA rays

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The ozone is getting thinner in some areas of the earth because

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The interaction of the UVA rays

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9
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What is an air pollutant

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Partials in the air that can harm health

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10
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Primary pollutant

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Emitted from an identifiable source

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Secondary pollutant

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Formed when a primary pollutant combines with a mother substance, it cannot be formed in the air

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12
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Where does most of carbon monoxide come from

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Transportation

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13
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What are weather and climate

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Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain time, while climate is describing a place or region over a period of time

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14
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What is atmospheric pressure

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The weight of air above us

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15
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What are the three ways atmospheric pressure is measured

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Millibars, inches of mercury, or pascals

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16
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Does atmospheric pressure increase or decrease

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It decreases as altitude increases

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17
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Are gas molecules closer or further

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They are further away the higher you go in altitude

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18
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Why can’t we breath on MT Everest

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There is less air and high atmosphere pressure

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19
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What are the four layers of the atmosphere

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Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere

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20
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In what layer does weather occur

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Troposphere

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21
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Explain the rises and declines in the temperate inside all the layers

A

Decrease, increase, decrease, increase

22
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What layer is the ozone found

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Stratosphere

23
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Which layer protects the earth from meteors

A

Mesosphere

24
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Which layer has the aura lights

A

Thermosphere

25
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What are the regions between each layer called

A

Pauses

26
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What is rotation

A

The spinning of earth on its axis

27
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What is revolution

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The spinning of earth around the sun

28
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Is rotation or revolution responsible for the day and night cycles, and which on is responsible for the seasons

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Rotation causes night and day and Revolution causes the seasons

29
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Why does the sun appear to set in the west

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Rotation is counterclockwise so it makes it look that way

30
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Why do the sun and the moon appear to move but the north star doesn’t

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Rotation and orbit

31
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Why do we need a leap year

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Because the earth orbits every 365.25 days so every for years we have an extra day

32
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What is the summer solstice

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It is the beginning of summer (June 21-22) the sun is vertical at 23.5 degrees north

33
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What is the winter solstice

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It is the beginning of winter on (December 21-22) the sun is vertical at 23.5 degrees south

34
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What are the autumn and spring equinox

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It is when the sun is vertical at the equator

35
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When are day and night equal in length

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During the Equinox

36
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When is the daylight in the northern hemisphere longer and why

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It is longer in the summer solstice because it is determined by the earth position in orbit

37
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How does temperature relate to kinetic energy(partial motion)

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Temperature is measured in average kinetic energy of individual atoms and molecules within a substance

38
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Explain partials movement with kinetic energy

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The hotter the substance is the hire the kinetic energy, the colder less kinetic energy

39
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What are three ways heat can be transferred

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Convection, conduction, and radiation

40
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Give an example of conduction

A

Sitting in a metal chair on a hot day

41
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Give an example of radiation

A

Standing in the sunlight

42
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Give an example of convection

A

Standing in the shade on a hot day

43
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What is the electromagnetic spectrum

A

The sun emits light and heat as well ass an ultra violent that causes a sun tan. There is a large array of energy from the sun

44
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Name three parts of the spectrum emitted from the sun

A

Ultra violent- radiation, infrared, and radio waves

45
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What three things can happen to solar radiation when it strikes an object

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Reflected, transmitted, and it also can be absorbed

46
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What is the difference between reflection and scattering

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Reflection is when electromagnetic waves bounce off an object with no change, and scattering is when a wave bounces off and object and then from that one ray weaker rays bounce off in random directions

47
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What is the greenhouse effect

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It is like a heat trap, the Suns energy reaches earth and gets trapped in our atmosphere and it bounces around heating earth and everything on it

48
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Why is the greenhouse affect a good thing

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It is good because it provides the heat we need without it our world would be very cold

49
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Why could the greenhouse affect be bad if it gets stronger

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It could cause global warming

50
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How can temperature vary list the five factors

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Heating of land/water, cloud cover, geographic location, ocean currents, and altitude

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