Spheres Flashcards
As you increase in altitude in the troposphere the temperature will…
Decrease
Which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
Troposphere
True or False? The levels of Nitrogen and Oxygen can vary greatly in our atmosphere?
False
What is ozone made of
Oxygen molecule with an extra oxygen atom
The region of the atmosphere that reflects radio signals is the…
Ionosphere
If you feel the heat on the handle of a cooking pot, the heat was transferred to the handle by…
Conductivity
This layer blends with outer space
Exosphere
This layer protects living things from UV radiation, also contains the ozone
Stratosphere
Which contains the aurora borealis?
Thermosphere
We live in the layer called the…
Troposphere
Sunburn is caused by which type of heat transfer?
Radiation
What layer contains the ionosphere?
Thermosphere
What are two layers of the atmosphere where the temperature increases as the altitude increases
Stratosphere, thermosphere
What are two layers of the atmosphere where the temperature decreases as the altitude increases?
Troposphere, mesosphere
What happens to the temperature as the altitude increases in the troposphere?
The temperature in the troposphere greatly decreases as the altitude increases
The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves is…
Radiation
The transfer of thermal energy between objects when their atoms or molecules collide is…
Conduction
The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of heated material from one place to another is…
Convection
What are the first four layers of the atmosphere starting at sea level?
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
Which layer contains the aurora borealis
Thermosphere
Which layer of earths atmosphere protects earth surface from meteors
Mesosphere
Which gas makes up a majority of earth atmosphere
Nitrogen
Which layer contains ozone
Stratosphere
As you increase in altitude in the stratosphere the temperature will
Increase
The boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere is called
Tropopause
True or false? The levels of carbon dioxide has stayed the same for the last hundred years.
False
Carbon dioxide and other gases help trap heat, which assists in the natural heating of the earth, we call these…
Greenhouse gases
As you decrease an altitude in the mesosphere the temperature…
Decreases
At the stratopause, air temperature will stop ——— with altitude
Increasing
