Unit 6

Question 1

What is the atmosphere?

Answer 1

Thin blanket of gas

Question 2

What would the earth look like without an atmosphere

Answer 2

Lifeless rock

Question 3

Why are greenhouse gases essential to life on Earth?

Answer 3

Retain Heat

Question 4

How much of the atmosphere is made of Nitrogen(N2)?

Answer 4

78%

Question 5

How much of the atmosphere is made ofoxygen (O2)?

Answer 5

21%

Question 6

How much of the atmosphere is made up of argon (A)?

Answer 6

1%

Question 7

How much of the atmosphere is made of carbon Dioxide (CO2)?

Answer 7

.03%

Question 8

How much of the atmosphere is made of nitrogen (N2) and oxygen (O2)?

Answer 8

99%. add 78 plus 21 equals 99

Question 9

What is humidity?

Answer 9

Amount of water vapor in the atmosphere

Question 10

What happens to air density as you increase elevation or altitude?

Answer 10

It decreases

Question 11

What force keeps gas molecules pulled to Earth’s surface?

Answer 11

Gravity

Question 12

What is atmospheric presure

Answer 12

The force of air molecules. you feel it in every dorection

Question 13

Which is more dense: Warm or Cool air?

Answer 13

Cool air

Question 14

Why does warm air rise?

Answer 14

Because it is less dense

Question 15

Which of the following is the correct order of atmospheric layers based on temperature from the surface to outer space?

Answer 15

Tropsoehs, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere. exosphere

Question 16

Where does the troposphere get its heat?

Answer 16

From the earths surface

Question 17

What is the average temperature gradient in the troposphere?

Answer 17

Celsius

Question 18

As you get farther from Earth’s surface in the troposphere, does the temperature increase or decrease?

Answer 18

Decrease

Question 19

At what altitudes does the troposphere approximately exist?

Answer 19

10 km

Question 20

At what altitudes does the stratosphere approximately exist?

Answer 20

50 km

Question 21

Does temperature increase or decrease with increasing altitude in the stratosphere?

Answer 21

Increase

Question 22

What does the ozone layer in the stratosphere do that greatly helps life on earth?

Answer 22

Absorbs uv rotation

Question 23

At what altitudes does the mesosphere approximately exist?

Answer 23

50-80 km

Question 24

Does temperature increase or decrease with increasing altitude in the meososphere?

Answer 24

decrese

Question 25

Approximately how much of the atmosphere is below the mesosphere?

Answer 25

99/9%

Question 26

At what altitudes does the thermosphere approximately exist?

Answer 26

85 km

Question 27

Does temperature increase or decrease with increasing altitude in the thermosphere?

Answer 27

increase

Question 28

What is ionosphere?

Answer 28

solar radiation that ionizes gas molecules

Question 29

What is radiation?

Answer 29

energy that moves from one place in wave particles

Question 30

Which of the following parts of visible light has the longest wavelength?

Answer 30

Reds

Question 31

Which of the following parts of visible light has the shortest wavelength?

Answer 31

Violets

Question 32

What is albedo?

Answer 32

The measure of reflection on an object

Question 33

Which of the following would have the highest albedo?

Answer 33

Snow

Question 34

What is temperture?

Answer 34

The measurement of how fast the atoms and materials are vibrating.

Question 35

What is heat?

Answer 35

Measure if materials total energy

Question 36

What is latent heat?

Answer 36

The heat required to change state

Question 37

What is specific heat?

Answer 37

The heat required to raise temperature

Question 38

Water has a very high specific heat. What does that mean?

Answer 38

Takes a lot of energy to increase it.

Question 39

Warm air rising creates what kind of pressure zone on the ground?

Answer 39

High pressure

Question 40

Cool air descending creates what kind of pressure zone on the ground?

Answer 40

low Pressure

Question 41

What is the horizontal flow of air in the atmosphere called??

Answer 41

wind

Question 42

What creates wind?

Answer 42

Uneven heating of the earths surface.

Question 43

How does rising air create clouds?

Answer 43

Cool it down enough too 100 humidity, relative humidity

Question 44

What creates local winds?

Answer 44

Small high and low pressure

Question 45

Why does a local shoreline have a sea breeze during the day?

Answer 45

Land heats up fast than the ocean

Question 46

Why does a local shoreline have a land breeze during the night?

Answer 46

The ocean heats up slower

Question 47

What are monsoonal winds?

Answer 47

Large version of land breezes

Question 48

What creates mouton and valley breezes?

Answer 48

Temperature differences

Question 49

What are katabatibc winds?

Answer 49

Move up and down slopes

Question 50

what is the result of a large amount of solar energy hitting the equator?

Answer 50

Creates a low pressure zone

Question 51

Where does air that rises at the Equator go?

Answer 51

Move towards the pole at the top of the troposphere and delfects right

Question 52

What is the Hadley Cell?

Answer 52

20-30 rises above the equator and moves around

Question 53

Approximately what latitudes does the Hadley cell cover?

Answer 53

0 degrees to 20-30

Question 54

What is Midlatitude (Ferrel) Cell?

Answer 54

Between 30-60 degrees N and S

Question 55

Approximately what latitudes does the Midlatitude (Ferrel) Cell cover?

Answer 55

Next cycle from the Hadley cell 20-30 to 50-60

Question 56

Polar cell?

Answer 56

Smallest cell where cold air decends

Question 57

Approximately what latitudes does the Polar Cell cover?

Answer 57

60-70 degreee

Question 58

What is the Coriolis Effect?

Answer 58

A parent deflection to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere

Question 59

How does the Coriolis Effect impact movement of air on Earth’s surface?

Answer 59

the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere

Question 60

What is the Polar Jet Stream and where is it?

Answer 60

In Between the polar 50-60 north and south latitude