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atmosphe_airmovement
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the lowest layer of the atmosphere | troposphere |
| what does the troposphere layer contain | it contains clouds and smog |
| an oxygen form present in the _____ filters ultraviolet radiation from the sun | ozone layers |
| heat transfer that occurs when molecules come in contact with one another is ___ | conduction |
| winds blowing from the northeast to the southwest near the Norht Pole are known as __ | polar easterlies |
| a windless zone at earth's equator where air rises almost straigh up is called the___ | doldrum |
| Air masses moving in the norhtern hemisphere are truend westward fro mtheir orginal paths is the ? | Cariolis effect |
| Ions and free electron are formed in the __ when atmospheric particles are bombared e energy from space | Ionsphere |
| Cool,dense air near the sea moves inland toward, dense areas during the day and sets up | Sea Breeze |
| At 30 degrees nroth or south of hte equationr, air descending to earth suracfaces create steady | trade winds |
| The transfer of energy in the form of rays or waves is known as ______ | Radiation |
| what is the lowest layer of the atmosphere | troposphere |
| what does the troposphere layer contain | it contains clouds and smog |
| an oxygen form present in the _____ filters ultraviolet radiation from the sun | ozone layers |
| heat transfer that occurs when molecules come in contact with one another is ___ | conduction |
| winds blowing from the northeast to the southwest near the Norht Pole are known as __ | polar easterlies |
| a windless zone at earth's equator where air rises almost straigh up is called the___ | doldrum |
| Air masses moving in the norhtern hemisphere are truend westward fro mtheir orginal paths is the ? | Cariolis effect |
| Ions and free electron are formed in the __ when atmospheric particles are bombared e energy from space | Ionsphere |
| Cool,dense air near the sea moves inland toward, dense areas during the day and sets up | Sea Breeze |
| At 30 degrees nroth or south of hte equationr, air descending to earth suracfaces create steady | trade winds |
| The transfer of energy in the form of rays or waves is known as ______ | Radiation |
| The __ blow from southwest to northeast at 30 degrees to 60 degress latitude in the northern hemisphere | Prevailting winds |
| Cool, dense air moves during the night from the land toward water at __ | Land breezes |
| Skin cancer can be caused by too much exopsure to __ | Ultraviolet |
| Each hemisphere had two narrow belts of fast-moving winds called ? | Jet streams |
| Some chemicals that are being blamed for the desruction of the Ozone layer are? | CFC's |
| Cause by uneven heating of the Earth and its atmosphere | Winds |
| If you put a frying pan on a burner on a stove and trun the burner on, the botom of the frying pan gets hot. What type of heat transfer has occured | COnduction |
| Imaginary line arounde the middle of Earth | Equator |
| WHen you get in a closed car on a sunny day and the temperature inside is much warmer than outsied, what type of heat transfer has taken place? | Radiation |
| WIndless zone at the equtor which sailing vessels try to avoid | doldrum |
| IN some heat heating systems, warm air is blown by a furnance fan into one side of a room. ON the other side of the room cold air sinks to the floor. What type of heat transfer is this? | Convection |
| Winds generally responhsible for the movement of weather across the untited states and canada | Prevailing Westerlies |
| They layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the ___? | Throsphere |
| winds that provide a dependable route for trade | Trade winds |
| The __ is the layer of the atmosphere that contains ozone? | Stratospher |
| cool breezes during the day cause by difference in heating and cooling rates of land and water | Sea breezes |
| The __ is the outer layer of the thermosphere | Exosphere |
| narrow belts of strong winds at high altitude which blow near the top of the troposhere | Jet streams |
| Most meteoroids burn up in the __? | Mesosphere |
| Cool breezes at night cause by difference in heating and cooling rates of land land water | Land breeze |
| The __ is divided into the ionosphere and the exosphere | Thermosphere |
| Heat from the sun | Solar easterlies |
| The__ lies between the mesosphere and exosphere | ionosphre |
| The deflection of air masses resulting from Earth's eastward rotation | Cariolis effect |
| WInds that blow from the North and SOuth poles | Polar Easterlies |
| If you put a frying pan on a burner on a stove and trun the burner on, the botom of the frying pan gets hot. What type of heat transfer has occured | COnduction |
| WHen you get in a closed car on a sunny day and the temperature inside is much warmer than outsied, what type of heat transfer has taken place? | Radiation |
| IN some heat heating systems, warm air is blown by a furnance fan into one side of a room. ON the other side of the room cold air sinks to the floor. What type of heat transfer is this? | Convection |
| They layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the ___? | Throsphere |
| The __ is the layer of the atmosphere that contains ozone? | Stratospher |
| The __ is the outer layer of the thermosphere | Exosphere |
| Most meteoroids burn up in the __? | Mesosphere |
| The __ is divided into the ionosphere and the exosphere | Thermosphere |
| The__ lies between the mesosphere and exosphere | ionosphre |
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