Chapter 1

Question 1

Troposphere

Answer 1

First layer
Warmed by the earth
Temperature decreases with height
Stops at the tropopause

Question 2

Stratosphere

Answer 2

Temperature increases with height due to ozone

Stops at the stratopause

Question 3

Mesosphere

Answer 3

Coldest layer temperature decreases with height

Stops at the mesopause

Question 4

Thermosphere

Answer 4

Temperature increases with height

Temperature is not heat

Question 5

Ionosphere

Answer 5

Overlaps with the thermosphere
Long wave radio transmissions bounce off of it
Aurora happens here

Question 6

Temperature inversion

Answer 6

Increase in air temperature with height

Question 7

Ozone

Answer 7

O3 heat trapping gas

Question 8

Aerosols

Answer 8

Tiny solid particles

Question 9

Carbon dioxide

Answer 9

CO2 solid is dry ice

Creates greenhouse effect

Question 10

Radiosonde

Answer 10

A balloon borne that measures pressure temperature and humidity

Question 11

Weather

Answer 11

The condition of the atmosphere at any given time and place

Question 12

Climate

Answer 12

The accumulation of daily and seasonal weather events over time

Question 13

Air pressure

Answer 13

Pressure exerted by the mass of air above a certain point measured in millibars(mb)

Question 14

Air density

Answer 14

Ratio of mass of air compared to the volume occupied by it. G/cm3