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Question | Answer |
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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 |