Spheres Flashcards

1
Q

As you increase in altitude in the troposphere the temperature will…

A

Decrease

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2
Q

Which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?

A

Troposphere

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3
Q

True or False? The levels of Nitrogen and Oxygen can vary greatly in our atmosphere?

A

False

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4
Q

What is ozone made of

A

Oxygen molecule with an extra oxygen atom

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5
Q

The region of the atmosphere that reflects radio signals is the…

A

Ionosphere

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6
Q

If you feel the heat on the handle of a cooking pot, the heat was transferred to the handle by…

A

Conductivity

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7
Q

This layer blends with outer space

A

Exosphere

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8
Q

This layer protects living things from UV radiation, also contains the ozone

A

Stratosphere

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9
Q

Which contains the aurora borealis?

A

Thermosphere

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10
Q

We live in the layer called the…

A

Troposphere

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11
Q

Sunburn is caused by which type of heat transfer?

A

Radiation

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12
Q

What layer contains the ionosphere?

A

Thermosphere

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13
Q

What are two layers of the atmosphere where the temperature increases as the altitude increases

A

Stratosphere, thermosphere

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14
Q

What are two layers of the atmosphere where the temperature decreases as the altitude increases?

A

Troposphere, mesosphere

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15
Q

What happens to the temperature as the altitude increases in the troposphere?

A

The temperature in the troposphere greatly decreases as the altitude increases

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16
Q

The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves is…

17
Q

The transfer of thermal energy between objects when their atoms or molecules collide is…

A

Conduction

18
Q

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of heated material from one place to another is…

A

Convection

19
Q

What are the first four layers of the atmosphere starting at sea level?

A

Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere

20
Q

Which layer contains the aurora borealis

A

Thermosphere

21
Q

Which layer of earths atmosphere protects earth surface from meteors

A

Mesosphere

22
Q

Which gas makes up a majority of earth atmosphere

23
Q

Which layer contains ozone

A

Stratosphere

24
Q

As you increase in altitude in the stratosphere the temperature will

25
The boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere is called
Tropopause
26
True or false? The levels of carbon dioxide has stayed the same for the last hundred years.
False
27
Carbon dioxide and other gases help trap heat, which assists in the natural heating of the earth, we call these…
Greenhouse gases
28
As you decrease an altitude in the mesosphere the temperature…
Decreases
29
At the stratopause, air temperature will stop ——— with altitude
Increasing