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chapter 15
study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the atmosphere? | Is a mixture of gases around our earth. |
| What is the ozone layer? | Is a layer of our earth that protects us from harmful rays. |
| What is global warming? | Is the warming of the earth by the sun. |
| What are the 2 types of air pressure. | High and low air pressure. |
| What are local winds? | Winds that move all around our earth. |
| Describe air pressure? | The pressure that the winds on our earth move. |
| What happens when you decrease in height? | Air pressure increases. |
| How are winds created? | By the circulation of air flow. |
| What is smog? | Is the air pollution that has been in the air for a long period of time. |
| What does the name of a wind tell you? | If it is warm or cold. |
| Where is the ozone layer found? | stratosphere. |
| What is the thermosphere? | The hottest layer. |
| List examples of local winds? | sea breezes and land breezes. |
| What is special about the troposphere? | It is where we live and where weather happens. |
| What calm area is located 30 degrees north and south latitude? | Horse latitudes. |
| How have humans created air pollution? | We use exhaust for cars or burn fossil fuels. |
| What are jet streams? | Are narrow belts of high-speed winds that blow in the upper troposphere and lower strato sphere. |
| What are auroras? | Are bright lights in the sky that glow. |
| Our ozone layer absorbs which type of harmful radiation from the sun? | ultraviolet rays. |
| What is the green house effect? | It is when rays hit earth then bounce back. |
| What is the most common atmospheric gas? | Nitrogen |
| What is another name for the distance above sea level? | altitude or elevation. |
| List three global winds? | westerlies and trade winds and polar easterlies. |
| How much carbon and oxygen are found in the air? | 21 percent. |
| 3 ways heat is transferred? | convection, conduction,radiation. |
| What heats up faster and cools down faster? | land heats up and water cools down. |
| How does wind move from the poles? | west to east. |
| What do trade winds flow to? | The equator. |
| What happens when air mass decreases what happens to density? | increases. |
| 2 gases in the air? | Nitrogen and oxygen. |
| What does the Coriolis effect due to winds? | heats or cools them. |
| What are doldrums? | They are are a type of trade wind. |
| What are global winds? | The combination of convection cells every 30 degrees latitude. |
| Which instrument measures air pressure? | Barometer. |
| What property measures the layers of the atmosphere based on? | Temperature. |
| Describe the movement of convection currents? | With heat source and cold sinking and dense. |
| How much of the suns energy actually reaches the Earth? | 2 billionths. |
| What type of winds blow over short distances? | Local winds. |
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