Earths Atmosphere Study Guide

Question 1

What is the movement of water through the atmosphere and earth?

Answer 1

Water cycle

Question 2

Are stream like movements of water

Answer 2

Ocean currents

Question 3

What three factors affect surface currents?

Answer 3

Continental deflections, Coriolis effect, Global winds

Question 4

As heat is added to molecules they spread a part, move___

Answer 4

Faster

Question 5

As heat is removed molecules move closer and move____

Answer 5

Slower

Question 6

Which ocean currents are caused by differences in density?

Answer 6

Deep currents

Question 7

Which ocean currents is caused by energy from the sun?

Answer 7

Surface currents

Question 8

What drives ocean currents?

Answer 8

Uneven heating from the earth

Question 9

Is the transfer of thermal energy in a fluid by the movement of warmer and cooler fluids.

Answer 9

Convection

Question 10

Is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

Answer 10

Radiation

Question 11

Is an area in the stratosphere that absorbs most of the sun’s radiation.

Answer 11

Ozone layer

Question 12

Is the process by which certain gases in the atmosphere absorb & give off infrared radiation.

Answer 12

Greenhouse effect

Question 13

Is the weight of all the air weighing down on us.

Answer 13

Air pressure

Question 14

As altitude increases pressure____As temperature increases pressure____

Answer 14

Decreases, decreases

Question 15

As density increases pressure____

Answer 15

Increases

Question 16

Air pressure flows from___ to___

Answer 16

High, low

Question 17

What type of weather can we expect in a low-pressure system?

Answer 17

Sunny

Question 18

Between a high-pressure system and low pressure system which is lease dense?

Answer 18

Low pressure

Question 19

Is the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure.

Answer 19

Wind

Question 20

Which two global winds influence our weather in Idaho?

Answer 20

Westerlies and jet stream

Question 21

Is when the earth rotates and causes winds to be deflected or curved.

Answer 21

Coriolis effect

Question 22

Are narrow belts of high-speed winds that blow from west to east, between 7km & 16 km above the Earths surface.

Answer 22

Jet stream

Question 23

At night, as air along the mountain slopes cools, it flows down into the valley creating a ___

Answer 23

Mountain breeze