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List the examples of local winds. land breeze and sea breeze
What are auroras and where are they found?
Our ozone layer absorbs which type of harmful radiation from the sun? uv
How much oxygen and carbon dioxide is found in our air?
Which global wind blows away from the poles to the west? polar easterlies
What are the 2 most abundant gases found in the air?
Describe air pressure how much air is above something
What happens to air pressure as altitude increases? it decreases
Describe jet streams.
What is the greenhouse effect?
Explain the 3 ways that heat is transferred. convection radiation conduction
Where do trade winds flow toward?
What does the Coriolis Effect make the winds do? curve
Describe the doldrums. dry sluggish
What is the ozone layer? Where is it found?
Describe the thermosphere.
What is the most common atmospheric gas?
What parts of the earth cools off faster and heats up faster? What does this unequal heating create? local winds
What is smog? air with tons of pollution
Describe the movement of convection currents up cools and back down -*-*8362 0.
Which instrument measures air pressure?
What is significant about the troposphere
What kind of ways have humans created air pollution?
What is another name for the distance above sea level?
What are global winds?
What does the name of a wind tell you?
How much of the sun’s energy actually reaches the Earth?
What property are the layers of the atmosphere based on?
Which calm area is located around 30 degrees north and south latitude?
What is the atmosphere?
List the 3 global winds and the 2 calm areas.
What is global warming?
If air mass increases what happens to density?
What type of winds blow over short distances?
How are all winds created?
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