Vriend Atmosphere 2

Question 1

What is density?

Answer 1

Density is a measure of how closely molecules are packed together.

Question 2

What is altitude?

Answer 2

Altitude is the height above sea level.

Question 3

What is air pressure?

Answer 3

Air pressure is the weight of the air pressing against a given area.

Question 4

Both the density and pressure of air _________ with altitude.

Answer 4

It decreases with altitude.

Question 5

Almost all energy on Earth comes from the ________ .

Answer 5

The Sun

Question 6

What is latitude?

Answer 6

Latitude gives the location of a place on earth North or South of the equator.
Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east to west on maps.
It is an angular measurement in degrees ranging from 0 degrees (low latitude) at the equator to 90 degrees at the poles.

Question 7

How do the differences in energy striking different latitudes affect Earth?

Answer 7

Energy from the sun is more focused at the equator than the poles.