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Changing Atmosphere I

Weather Patterns I

Changing Atmosphere II

Weather Patterns II

Miscellaneous Atmosphere

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• ANSWER: The two gases that make up 99% of ANSWER: The two gases that make up 99% of Earth’s atmosphere.Earth’s atmosphere.

• QUESTION: What are nitrogen and oxygen?QUESTION: What are nitrogen and oxygen?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: Gases that absorb and give off Gases that absorb and give off infrared radiation. infrared radiation.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are greenhouse gases? What are greenhouse gases?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The three natural processes The three natural processes that continually change the that continually change the atmosphere?atmosphere?

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are the carbon, nitrogen, What are the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles?and water cycles?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The three ways that energy is The three ways that energy is moved throughout the atmosphere.moved throughout the atmosphere.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are radiation, conduction, What are radiation, conduction, and convection?and convection?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The atmosphere’s four layers from The atmosphere’s four layers from the Earth’s surface up and the the Earth’s surface up and the characteristic that defines them.characteristic that defines them.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is troposphere, stratosphere, What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and mesosphere, thermosphere, and temperature?temperature?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: Any instrument that measures Any instrument that measures air pressure.air pressure.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is a barometer? What is a barometer?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: This causes Earth’s global winds This causes Earth’s global winds to curve rather than to move in to curve rather than to move in straight lines.straight lines.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is the Coriolis effect? What is the Coriolis effect?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The three main types of clouds. The three main types of clouds.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are cirrus, What are cirrus, cumulus, and stratus?cumulus, and stratus?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: A condition in which the rates A condition in which the rates of evaporation and condensation are of evaporation and condensation are equal. equal.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is saturation? What is saturation?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The 5 forms of precipitation The 5 forms of precipitation that reaches Earth’s surface.that reaches Earth’s surface.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are rain & drizzle, freezing What are rain & drizzle, freezing rain, sleet, snow, and hail.rain, sleet, snow, and hail.

• ANSWER: ANSWER: Besides nitrogen and oxygen, two Besides nitrogen and oxygen, two other gases that make up Earth’s other gases that make up Earth’s atmosphere.atmosphere.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are argon, carbon What are argon, carbon dioxide, and water vapor?dioxide, and water vapor?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The two types of pollutants that The two types of pollutants that make up air pollution.make up air pollution.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are gas pollutants and What are gas pollutants and particle pollutants (particulates)?particle pollutants (particulates)?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: 3 dramatic events that may 3 dramatic events that may cause sudden changes to Earth’s cause sudden changes to Earth’s atmosphere.atmosphere.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are volcanic eruptions, What are volcanic eruptions, forest fires, and dust storms?forest fires, and dust storms?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: Chemicals that break down in the Chemicals that break down in the stratosphere and destroy the ozone stratosphere and destroy the ozone layer.layer.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What are chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)? What are chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)?

• ANSWER: ANSWER: The percentage of solar The percentage of solar energy that is absorbed by Earth’s energy that is absorbed by Earth’s surface.surface.

• QUESTION: QUESTION: What is 50%?What is 50%?

• ANSWER: The force of air molecules pushing on an area.

• QUESTION: What is air pressure?

• ANSWER: The instrument used by scientists to measure rainfall.

• QUESTION: What is a rain gauge?

• ANSWER: The temperature at which air with a given amount of water vapor will reach saturation.

• QUESTION: What is dew point?

• ANSWER: A cloud that rests on the ground or a body of water.

• QUESTION: What is fog?

• ANSWER: The names of 3 global wind belts.

• QUESTION: What are the trade winds, the westerlies, and the easterlies

• ANSWER: The process shown at A.

• QUESTION: What is conduction?

• ANSWER: The process shown at B.

• QUESTION: What is convection?

• ANSWER: The type of cloud in the diagram.

• QUESTION: What is a cumulus cloud?

• ANSWER: The process in which organisms take in O2 and release CO2.

• QUESTION: What is respiration?

• QUESTION: What is the eye?

• ANSWER: The 3 specific groups of people that air pollution can cause extra health problems for.

• QUESTION: What are young children, older adults, and asthma sufferers?

• ANSWER: The meaning of the Latin word Stratus.

• QUESTION: What is spread out?

• ANSWER: The meaning of the Latin word Cumulus.

• QUESTION: What is heap or pile?

• ANSWER: The meaning of the Latin word Cirrus.

• QUESTION: What is curl of hair?