The Atmosphere

Question 1

Dominant component

Answer 1

Water vapor
Aerosols
Ozone
Carbon dioxide

Question 2

Environmental Lapse rate

Answer 2

The temperature decrease in the troposphere

Question 3

Atmospheric changes in temperature and pressure

Answer 3

Air pressure: always decreases with altitude

Temperature: varies from each atmospheric layer

Question 4

Atmospheric layers

Answer 4

1)Troposphere
Closest to earth
All weather occurs
Steady decrease in temperature
2) Stratosphere 
Steady temperature near bottom, but increase toward upper limit
3) Mesosphere
Brastil decrease in temperature
4) Thermosphere
Increase in temperature 
 Very low density

Question 5

Radiation

Answer 5

energy emitted from central source

Question 6

Laws Governing Radiation

Answer 6

All objects emit radiation
Hotter objects emit more radiation than cooler objects
The hotter the object, the shorter the wavelength of radiation being emitted
Objects that are good emitters of radiation are good absorbers of radiation

Question 7

Conduction

Answer 7

Energy transferred thought molecular interaction

Question 8

Convection

Answer 8

Warm material migrating into cool material

Question 9

Paths of incoming solar radiation

Answer 9

Scattering
Break up and dispersion of radiation
Atmosphere scatters blue radiation
Reflection
Radiation bouncing off a surface
Lighter objects reflect more, and darker object reflect less
Absorption
Energy transferred to the internal molecular motion of an object

Question 10

Albedo

Answer 10

Lighter objects reflect more, and darker object reflect less