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1list the exasamples of local winds? Poler easterlies, westerlies, trade winds
2 what are arouoras and where are they found Mixters of gas particals reacting with the mesophere
3 our ozone layer asorbes which type of harmful radiation from the sun Uv rays
4 how much oxygen and carboin dioxside is found in our air 99%
5 which golbal wind blows from the poles to the west Poler easterlies
6 what are 2 most abundent gases are found in the air Carbon dioxide and healiom
7 describe the air pressure The higher in the atmosphere you are in the atmosphere the lower the pressure
8 what happens to air pressure as alutide incresses Pressure decrises
9 describe the jet stream Jet stream is a wind that travels at very fast speeds around the globe
10 what is the greenhouse effect The greenhouse effect is the prosses in witch the suns energy gets traped next to the earth and keeps it warm
11 explain the 3 ways that heat is transferd Reflected, esorbed, deflected
12 where do trad winds flow toward The poles
13 what dose the corilies effect make the winds do It makes them curve
14 describe the douldrumes A calm area
15 what is the ozone layer? The layer that pretects us from the harmful rays of the sun and metroies.
16 describe the themsphere It is where the AROUA BOREILAS
17 what is the most commen gas in the atmosphere Oxgen
18 what parts of the earth cool off faster and heats up faster The land
19 what is smog? A mixture of smok and fog caused by car exaughst mixing with the ozone layer
20 describe the movement of convection currents? They go up and in a circular pattern
21 which instrament measures air pressure? Barometer
22 what is significant about the tropospher? We live in it
23 what kind of ways have humans created air pollution? Car exsuast
24 what is a nothere name for the distance above sea level? Langh
25 what are globel winds? The combination of convection cells found at every 30 degrees of lattitude and the coriles effect produces a pattern of air circulation
26 what dose the name of a wind tell you? Where it came from
27 how much of the suns enegry actually reches the earth 2 billionth
28 what propety are the layers of the atmosphere based on? Temperature
29 which calm area is located around 30 degrees north and south lautiude? Horse latitudes
30 what is the atmosphere? The layer that protect us
31 list 3 golabl winds and 2 calm areas. The poler easterlies, westerlies, trade winds. The douldrums and horse latiudes
32 what is globel warming? A Gradual increase in average global temperature
33 if air mass incresses what happens to density. It dercesses
34 what type of winds blow over short distances? Trade winds
35 how are all winds created? By the earths rotation
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