chapter 28.1

Question 1

a layer extending an average of 12 km above earths surface

Answer 1

troposphere

Question 2

occurs when air temperature increases with altitude and the air becomes stable

Answer 2

temperature inversioin

Question 3

is a natural process in which certain gases in the atmosphere warm a planet as they absorb and emit infrared radiation

Answer 3

greenhouse effect

Question 4

how are the earth’s atmospheric separated

Answer 4

based on differences in composition and temperature

Question 5

what gas makes up the majority of the atmosphere

Answer 5

nitrogen(78%)

Question 6

what is the second most abundant found in the atmosphere

Answer 6

oxygen(21%)

Question 7

what is the one percent of gases that make up the atmosphere

Answer 7

trace gases, argon

Question 8

in the troposphere does the temperature increase or decrease in the altitude

Answer 8

decreases

Question 9

what are the names of the atmospheric layers starting closed to the surface

Answer 9

troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

Question 10

what layers is the ozone layers found in

Answer 10

stratosphere

Question 11

does the stratosphere does the temperature increases or decreases

Answer 11

increases

Question 12

within the atmosphere does temperature increase or decrease

Answer 12

decreases

Question 13

does the thermosphere and the exosphere in pact weather

Answer 13

no

Question 14

where does 100% of our solar radiation come from

Answer 14

the sun

Question 15

what percentage of solar radiation is absorbed by earth’s surface

Answer 15

50%

Question 16

what percent is reflected off of eathes surface

Answer 16

5%

Question 17

what percentage of radiation is absorbed by particles in the atmosphere

Answer 17

20%

Question 18

what percentage of solar radiation is reflected back by particles in the atmosphere

Answer 18

25%

Question 19

what are there basic cloud types

Answer 19

cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratus

Question 20

explain stratus clouds

Answer 20

layered sheet-like clouds and are associated with rain

Question 21

explain cumulus clouds

Answer 21

are puffy in shape and occur in fair weather

Question 22

explain cirrus clouds

Answer 22

are wispy, high altitude clouds

Question 23

what is the processes where the water from the land enters the atmosphere and eventually falls back to the land

Answer 23

the water cycle

Question 24

what are the steps to the water cycle

Answer 24

evaporation, transpiration, condensation and precipitation runoff

Question 25

a narrow band of fast-moving, high-altitude air

Answer 25

jet stream

Question 26

the apparent deflection of an object due to earth´s rotation

Answer 26

coriolis effect

Question 27

a large volume of air with uniform moisture and temperature throughout

Answer 27

air mass

Question 28

air masses interact in zones

Answer 28

weather fronts