Question | Answer |
A thin layer of air that protects the Earth's surface from extreme tempertures and rays | Atmosphere |
The atmosphere is made up of? | gases, solids, and liquids |
Vocanoes produce what? | Nirogen, carbon dioxide, and a little oxygen |
what does oxygen make up? | the ozone layer |
Atmosphereic gases | nitrogen (78) Oxygen (21) carbon dioxide, water vapor, and argon. |
oxygen mixed with pollutants | smog |
dust, salt, and pollen | solid particles |
how many layers of atmosphere | 5 |
the bottom layer | troposphere |
second layer | stratosphere |
third layer | mesosphere |
fourth layer | tremosphere |
inside of the mesosphere and thermosphere | ionosphere |
fifth layer | exosphere |
the troposhere is warmed by Earth's surface, temperature _______ as altitude increses | decreases |
temperatures _____ as altitude increses in th stratosphere | increases |
temperatures ______ with altitude in the mesosphere | decrease |
pollutants that destroy the ozone layer | chlorofluorocarbons |
Radiation | waves or rays |
Conduction | transfer of energy when molecules hit each other |
Convection | tranfer of heat through materials |
Condensation | water vapor in the atmosphere |
near the equator little wind and daily rain | doldrums |
between the equator and 30 latitude are steady winds | trade winds |
between 30 and 60 latitude (north and south) the _________ blow to the east, in the opposite direction of trade winds | prevailing westerlies |
________ blow from northeast to southwest near the northpole and from the southeast to northwest near the south poles | polar easterlies |
upper troposhere- narrow belt of strong winds | jet streams |
blows from land to sea at night | land breeze |
blows from sea to land during the day | sea breeze |