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atmosphere & winds
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| IN WHICH LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS PRESSURE THE GREATEST? | TROPOSPHERE |
| WHAT PROPERTY DETERMINES WHERE ONE ATMOSPHERIC LAYER ENDS AND ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC LAYER BEGINS? | TEMPERATURE |
| WHAT CAUSES LOCAL WINDS? | PRESSURE DIFFERENCES CAUSED BY UNEQUAL HEATING OVER A SMALL AREA |
| WHAT DO LOCAL WINDS & GLOBAL WINDS HAVE IN COMMON? | BOTH ARE CAUSED BY PRESSURE DIFFERENCES THAT ARE CAUSED BY UNEQUAL HEATING |
| WIND IS ___. | THE HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT OF AIR FROM AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE TO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE |
| THE TRANSFER OF HEAT WITHIN FLUIDS IS ___. | CONVECTION |
| THE SUN HEATS THE EARTH BY WHICH METHOD OF HEAT TRANSFER? | RADIATION |
| METEOROIDS ARE BURNED IN THE ___. | MESOSPHERE |
| THE MOST PREVALENT GAS IN EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE IS ___. | NITROGEN |
| OXYGEN MAKES UP ___% OF EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. | 21 |
| 90% OF ATMOSPHERIC GASES ARE FOUND IN WHICH LAYER? | TROPOSPHERE |
| WHICH GLOBAL WINDS ARE FOUND IN THE UPPERMOST PART OF THE TROPOSPHERE? | JET STREAMS |
| WHAT IS THE "UNEQUAL HEATING" THAT PRODUCES LAND BREEZES AND SEA BREEZES? | LAND & WATER HAVE DIFFERENT RATES OF HEATING & COOLING |
| IN THE DAYTIME, THE WIND AT THE BEACH BLOWS FROM THE ___ TO THE ___. | WATER; LAND |
| LIKE OCEAN SURFACE CURRENTS, GLOBAL WINDS FOLLOW CURVED PATHS DUE TO ___. | EARTH'S ROTATION ON ITS AXIS |
| HOW CAN CLIMBERS DEVELOP ALTITUDE SICKNESS AT HIGH ELEVATIONS EVEN THOUGH THE PERCENTAGE OF ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN REMAINS 21%? | THE AIR IS LESS DENSE AT HIGH ELEVATIONS, SO THERE ARE FEWER OXYGEN MOLECULES IN EACH BREATH. |
| THE MIXTURE OF GASES THAT MAKE UP EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE IS CALLED ___. | AIR |
| NITROGEN + OXYGEN MAKE UP ___% OF EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. | 99 |
| THE OZONE LAYER IS FOUND IN THE ___. | STRATOSPHERE |
| AS YOU GO HIGHER IN THE ATMOSPHERE, WHAT HAPPENS TO AIR PRESSURE & DENSITY? | PRESSURE & DENSITY DECREASE |
| WHAT CAUSES THE UNEQUAL HEATING THAT PRODUCES GLOBAL WINDS? | THE ANGLE THAT SUNLIGHT ENTERS THE ATMOSPHERE (MORE DIRECT AT THE EQUATOR & MORE SPREAD OUT AT THE POLES) |
| BECAUSE THE EQUATOR RECEIVES MORE DIRECT SUNLIGHT, EQUATORIAL AIR MASSES ARE ___ PRESSURE AND ___ DENSITY. | LOW PRESSURE & LOW DENSITY |
| HOW DOES HEAT TRANSFER WITHIN EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE? | CONVECTION |
| LAND BREEZES & SEA BREEZES OCCUR BECAUSE LAND HEATS UP & COOLS OFF ___ THAN WATER. | FASTER |
| WATER HEATS UP MORE SLOWLY THAN LAND, SO WHY IS THE AIR ABOVE THE WATER WARMER AT NIGHT? | WATER HEATS MORE SLOWLY, BUT IT ALSO COOLS OFF SLOWER SO THE WATER IS WARMER THAN LAND AT NIGHT. |
| THE PROCESSES OF CONVECTION CURRENTS CAN BE SUMMARIZED BY FOUR WORDS: ___ ___ ___ ___ | WARMING RISING COOLING SINKING |
| WHAT IS THE MEASURABLE ADDITIONAL COOLING THAT IS CAUSED BY WIND AND THAT AFFECTS ONLY LIVING THINGS? | WIND CHILL (OR WIND CHILL FACTOR) |
| BECAUSE AIR HAS ___, IT EXERTS PRESSURE. | MASS |
| COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES AND SATELLITES THAT MONITOR EARTH'S WEATHER ORBIT EARTH IN WHICH LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE? | EXOSPHERE |
| WHAT ARE THE 3 KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF GLOBAL WINDS? | (1) STEADY WINDS; (2) SPECIFIC PREDICTABLE DIRECTIONS; (3) TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES |
| WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF EARTH'S GLOBALLY STABLE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES? | GREENHOUSE EFFECT |
| PRIMARY SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GASES THAT PEOPLE ADD TO THE ATMOSPHERE | BURNING FOSSIL FUELS |
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