Chapter 16 Quiz
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Convection | the transfer of heat by the movement of a mass or substances. It can only take place in fluids
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| Conduction | the transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity. energy is transferred through collisions from one molecule to another
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| Radiation | the transfer of energy (heat) through space by electromagnetic waves
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| Ozone Layer | a molecule of oxygen containing 3 oxygen atoms; a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation. in the stratosphere.
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| ionosphere | a complex zone of ionized gases that coincide with the lower portion of the thermosphere
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| Stratosphere | the layer of the atmosphere immediately above the troposphere, characterized by increasing temperatures with height, owing to the concentration of ozone
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| Troposphere | the lowermost layer of the atmosphere. it is generally characterized by a decrease in temperature with height
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| Thermosphere | the region of the atmosphere immediately above the mesosphere and characterized by increasing temperature due to absorption very short solar energy by oxygen
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| Mesosphere | the layer of the atmosphere immediately above the stratosphere and characterized by decreasing temperate with height
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| Environmental Lapse Rate | the rate of temperature decrease with increasing height in the troposphere
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| Most Abundant Gases in Our Atmosphere | Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), Carbondioxide (.036%)
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| Albedo | the reflectivity of a substance, usually expressed as a percentage of the incident radiation reflected
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| does temperature increase or decrease in each layer as altitude increases | decrease
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