Weather Unit (Test) Review

Question 0

What is ozone and how is it formed?

Answer 0

Ozone is an atmospheric gas. It is formed when the sun divides oxygen, which binds to another oxygen to make ozone.

Question 1

Name three things the atmosphere does for us :)

Answer 1

It protects us from from meteorites and radiation,

Keeps the earth at the right temperature (heats it)

And provides gases essential for life

Question 2

What would happen if we did not have the ozone layer?

Answer 2

We would probably not live.

Question 3

Where and when is the ozone layer is most depleted?

Answer 3

In Antarctica, during the spring.

Question 4

How does air pressure change with altitude?

Answer 4

Density lowers as altitude increases.

Question 5

Name the layers of the atmosphere in order from bottom to top.

Answer 5

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Mesosphere

Thermosphere

Question 6

Which layer holds theozone layer?

Answer 6

Stratosphere

Question 7

Name one area where the temperature stops its trend and goes the opposite way in a layer.

Answer 7

Tropopause

Question 8

Layer where weather happens

Holds Earth’s water vapor, clouds/rain

Answer 8

Troposphere

Question 9

In what layer does temperature decrease as altitude increases, and stops decreasing at the tropopause?

Answer 9

Troposphere

Question 10

Temp. Mainly increases with altitude increase, stops increasing at stratopause. What layer?

Answer 10

Stratosphere

Question 11

Has thin air, materi is burn up, little solar radiation absorbance, temperature decreases with altitude and stops decreasing at the mesopause. What layer is this?

Answer 11

The mesosphere

Question 12

No boundary, marks and of atmosphere, merges with space.

Temp. Increases rapidly with altitude.

Answer 12

Thermosphere/ Exosphere

Question 13

Not a distinct layer, is found between upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere.

Answer 13

The ionosphere

Question 14

The layer that has a region of electrically charged particles and ions. Auroras are found here.

Answer 14

The ionosphere

Question 15

Colorful display of light produced when charged particles from the sun are attracted to earth’s magnetic poles. Cause ions in ionosphere to…

Answer 15

Auroras

Question 16

Northern Lights are called this

Answer 16

Aurora Borealis

Question 17

Radio waves travel to this layer and bounce off ions and return to earth. Allows up to have service.

Answer 17

Ionosphere

Question 18

Describe the differences between Tornadoes and Hurricanes (Typhoons).

Answer 18

Tornadoes start over land, hurricanes start over water
Tornadoes have faster wind speed, hurricanes have slower wind speed
Tornadoes have faster storm (passes quicker, hours), hurricanes have slower storm (weeks)
Tornadoes come mostly in spring and early summer, typhoons come mostly on the east coast/ Japan/ Asia
Tornadoes have unpredictable route, hurricanes don’t
Tornadoes have eye/center windy, hurricanes have eye/ center calm (see it)
Tornadoes have hail, hurricanes unlikely have hail

Question 19

Describe how the greenhouse effect works.

Answer 19

PROCESS OF ABSORPTION PF RADIATION of earth’s energy.

Greenhouse effect is natural, warms the Earth’s surface to a livable temperature, and gases can escape. Some stay.

Question 20

High speed rotating winds that extend downward from thunderclouds.

Answer 20

Tornadoes

Question 21

How do tornadoes form?

Answer 21

Cool, dry air from the north and warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico meet.

Question 22

Large circulating masses of clouds, wind, and rain with average diameters of about 373 Mi.

Answer 22

Hurricanes ( also called cyclones or typhoons )

Question 23

To be classified as a hurricane, winds much reach speeds greater than

Answer 23

73 miles per hour

Question 24

How was our early atmosphere created and how did it change to what it is now?

Answer 24

As earth was forming, volcanoes added gases to the atmosphere called “outgassing.” Photosynthetic plants added oxygen to the atmosphere. They converted carbon dioxide into oxygen which changed composition of the earth’s atmosphere.

Question 25

Gases contained in the early atmosphere

Answer 25

Carbon dioxide, ammonia, water, nitrogen, methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide.

Question 26

Current atmosphere composition ( gases / percentages )

Answer 26

99% nitrogen and oxygen. The other 1% are argon, carbon dioxide, and water (and other traces of gases).