section 1 and 2 Flashcards
Troposphere
a layer extending an average of 12 km above Earth’s surfaces
Temperature Inversion
occurs when air temperature increases with altitude and the air becomes stable
Greenhouse Effect
a natural process in which certain gases in the atmosphere warm a planet as they absorb and emit infrared radiation
jet stream
a narrow band of fast moving, high altitude air
Coriolis effect
the apparent deflection of an object due to Earth’s rotation
Air mass
a large volume of air with uniform moisture and temperature throughout
Weather front
air masses interacts in zones
what is the largest gas found in the atmosphere
nitrogen at 78 percent
what is the second largest component of the atmosphere
oxygen with 21 percent
what is the remaining 1 percent made out of
traces gases which is mostly argon
what is the first layer of the atmosphere
the troposphere
does temperature increases or decrease in the troposphere with altitude
the temperature decreases
what is the second layer of the atmosphere
the stratosphere
what layer protects us from the sun radiation that’s found in the stratosphere
the ozone layer
does temperature increase or decrease in the stratosphere with altitude
the temperature increases
