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chapter15
study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are arours and where are they | arours are lights found in the stratosphere |
| what are two of the most abdunt gases found in the atomsphere | water vapor and carbon dixiode |
| what happens to air pressure as altuide increases | the air pressure decreases |
| what do the coriolis effect make winds do | makes wind go in a curvey path instead of a straight one |
| what is the ozone layer and where is it found | the ozone layer is what helps us not get th suns uv lights and found in the atmosphere |
| list examples of local winds | trade winds, eaterlies and westerlies winds,horse lattiude |
| our ozone layer absorbs which type of harmful radiation from the sun | uv lights |
| how much oxygen and carbon dixiode is found in our air | carbon dixiode has 21 percent and oxygen is 78 percent |
| which local winds blow the poles from the west | easterlies |
| describe air pressure | the air ontop of you |
| describe jet streams | narrow high speeds of wind in the upper and lower tropsheper |
| what is the greenhouse effect | is what makes the sun uv lights bounce off us |
| explain 3 ways heat is transferred | radiation,convention and conduction |
| where do trade winds flow | equator |
| describe the doldrums | trade winds that flow throught the equator |
| describe the thermosphere | the upper atmosphere |
| the most atmospheric gas is | nitriogen |
| what part of earth cools off faster and heats up faster what does this unequal heating create | land because of the suns engery |
| what is smog | car exhaust and the suns reaction mixed |
| describe the movment of convention currents | cold air sinks warm air rises |
| which instrument measures air pressure | A barometer |
| what is signaficant about the tropshere | we live in it |
| what kind of ways do human create air pulltion | driving cars,trashing, and more |
| what is another name for the distance above sea level | altuitde or elevation |
| what are global winds | winds that heat above faster than water |
| what does the name of the wind tells you | where it comes from |
| how much of the suns engery reaches earth | 2 billionth |
| which calm area is located around 30 degrees north and south lattuide | global winds |
| what property are the layers of the atmosphere based on | temperture |
| what is the atmosphere | the atmosphere is a mixture of gases in the air |
| list 3 global winds and 2 calm areas | horse latitude, polar (westerlies and easterlies) also trade winds |
| what is global warming | the increase of average temperture |
| if the air mass increase what happens to density | increases |
| what type of wind blows in a short distance | local winds |
| how are all winds created | unequal hating of earths surface |
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