Chapter 28.1 Flashcards
A layer extending an average of 12 km above the Earthś surface.
Troposphere
Occurs when air temperature increases with the altitude and the air becomes stable.
Temperature Inversion
Is a natural process in which certain gases in the atmosphere warm a planet as they absorb and emit infrared radiation.
Greenhouse Effect
How Are the earth’s atmosphereic is divided
Based on composition and temperature
What gas make up the majority of the atmosphere
Nitrogen 78%
What is the second most abundant gas found in the atsmophere
Oxygen 21%
What is the 1% of the other gases called
Trace Gases, the bulk of the 1 % is mainly Argon
In the troposphere layers does the temp decrease or increase with the altitude.
Decrease
What are the names of the atmosphere starting at the earths surface
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere
Which layer is the ozone found in
2 one Stratosphere
Does the temp increase or decrease with the altitude
Inceases
Does the temp. increase or decrease during the mesosphere
Decrease until it gets to the higher level then it decreases
Does the thermosphere and exosphere impact weather
No
Where does 100% Earth Solar Radiation Come From
The Sun
What % does solar radiation absorbed by Earth Surface
50%
What % of solar radiation is reflected off Earths surface.
5%
What % of solar radiation is absorbed by particles in the atmosphere.
20%
What % of solar radiation is reflected back by particles in the atmosphere.
25%
What are the 3 basic cloud types
cirrus, cumulus and stratus.
Explain Stratus clouds.
There layered sheet like clouds and rain.
Explain Cumulus Clouds
Puffy and occur, Nice day but can cause rain.
Explain Cirrus Clouds.
They are high-altitude clouds.
What are the processes were water from the land enters the atsophere and eventually falls back to the land.
Water cycle
What are all the steps to the water cycle\
evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
