chapter 18

Question 1

zone of a uniform mixture of gases closest to the earth’s surface

Answer 1

homosphere

Question 2

heat transfer by direct contact

Answer 2

conduction

Question 3

transfer by the upward movement of a warmer, less dense fluid as it is displaced by a cooler, more dense fluid

Answer 3

convection

Question 4

normal atmospheric gases

Answer 4

greenhouse gas

Question 5

contains the ozone layer

Answer 5

stratosphere

Question 6

O3

Answer 6

ozone molecule

Question 7

layer of ionized atoms

Answer 7

ionsphere

Question 8

infrared rays

Answer 8

radiation

Question 9

belts of high-speed winds in the stratosphere

Answer 9

jet streams

Question 10

weather events in this layer

Answer 10

troposphere

Question 11

rate of the flow of radiant energy from the sun through space to reach Earth

Answer 11

solar constant

Question 12

force exerted by the wight of the air above a given point in the atmosphere

Answer 12

air pressure

Question 13

protects earth by burning up most meteoroids

Answer 13

mesosphere

Question 14

kind of oxygen; smog contains a gas

Answer 14

ozone

Question 15

lowest temperature layer of earth’s atmosphere

Answer 15

troposphere

Question 16

mass of gases that surrounds the earth

Answer 16

atmosphere

Question 17

transition between earth’s atmosphere and outer space

Answer 17

transitional force

Question 18

International Space Station orbits in this layer

Answer 18

thermosphere

Question 19

layer in the the earth’s atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere

Answer 19

mesosphere

Question 20

between the atmosphere and interplanetary space

Answer 20

exosphere

Question 21

second temperature layer

Answer 21

stratosphere

Question 22

steady change in the temperature

Answer 22

lapse rate