Q2T1 Flashcards

1
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What is the third atmospheric layer from the ground called?

A

mesosphere

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2
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What happens to the temperature as you go higher in the troposphere?

A

it gets colder

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3
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What layer protects us by burning up most meteors?

A

mesosphere

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4
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What happens to temperature as you go higher in the stratosphere?

A

it gets hotter

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5
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what gas makes up 21% of the atmosphere?

A

oxygen

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6
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What is an atmosphere?

A

shell of gas around a planet or moon

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7
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What does the image we leader about in class that looks like a spider represent?

A

magnetosphere of the earth

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8
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What does the ozone layer do?

A

it protects us from UV

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9
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What is atmospheric layer closest to the ground called?

A

troposphere

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10
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What is the order of the earths atmospheric layers from lowest to highest?

A

troposphere> stratosphere> mesosphere> thermosphere> exosphere

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11
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True or False: The magnetosphere protects earth from receiving too much energy from the sun.

A

true

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12
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True or False: Global warming had been a good thing but is now becoming a bad thing.

A

true

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13
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Which layer of the atmosphere is the thickest?

A

thermosphere

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14
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which layer of the atmosphere has an increase in temperature with an increase of in altitude because it contains the ozone layer which absorbs the suns energy?

A

stratosphere

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15
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which layer in the atmosphere reaches from 500km above the earths surface to outer space and is the location of many orbiting satellites?

A

exosphere

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16
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which layer of the atmosphere extends from 50km to 85km above the earths surface, has a decrease in temperature with an increase in altitude, and has meteors that can be seen from earth as shooting stars?

A

mesosphere

17
Q

which layer contains a section of electrically charged particles?

A

ionosphere

18
Q

Which scientist stated that temperature and volume were related?

19
Q

Which scientist stated that temperature and pressure were related?

A

Gay-Lussacs

20
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Which scientist stated that pressure and volume were related?

21
Q

amount of space matter fills

22
Q

average kinetic energy of molecules

A

temperature

23
Q

force per unit area

24
Q

layer of lowest temperature

A

stratosphere

25
highest temperature layer
thermosphere
26
highest air pressure layer
thermosphere
27
a football taken outside where it deflates a bit is an example of the law of....
charles
28
to use Charles' Law, which of the following must remain constant?
pressure
29
where does the radiation while on planes come from?
rays from space
30
which is more dangerous a chest x-ray or a dental x-ray?
Chest
31
how old is the sun?
4.5 billion years
32
what reaction is occurring in the suns core?
fusion of hydrogen into helium
33
How much of the entire solar system's mass is contained in the sun alone?
99.8%
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what is true about the suns temperatures?
the core is hotter then the surface