Atmosphere Flashcards
(42 cards)
Earth’s subsystems
interdependent hut funftions as abwhole
4 spheres
Atmosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere
whole world system
Good eartj
Earth systems can be
open, closed or isolated
Exchange mass and energy
Open
transferred energy but not mass
Closed
does not allow transfer of anything
Isolated
Greek “atmos”
Air
traps heat
Atmosphere
Absorbs and emits hear
Heat transfer
Snow came from
High clouds
Contains gases that living organisms need
Atmosphere
protects Earth’s surface from being struck by meteor
Atmosphere
Atmosphere composition
Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen percent
78%
Oxygen percent
21%
other components perceht
0.9%
N2 is not usable unless in undergoes
Nitrogen fixation
23.5 tilt of the earth
Climate classi
Tropical region
0.30 def
Convection current or corralis effects
North-couhter, Siyth-clockwise
Hadsey
Low latitude
Hadsey types
Feral and Polar
Parts of Atmos
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, Thermosepgere, Expsphere