Atmosphere Flashcards

1
Q

Earth’s subsystems

A

interdependent hut funftions as abwhole

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2
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4 spheres

A

Atmosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere

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3
Q

whole world system

A

Good eartj

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4
Q

Earth systems can be

A

open, closed or isolated

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5
Q

Exchange mass and energy

A

Open

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6
Q

transferred energy but not mass

A

Closed

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7
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does not allow transfer of anything

A

Isolated

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8
Q

Greek “atmos”

A

Air

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9
Q

traps heat

A

Atmosphere

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10
Q

Absorbs and emits hear

A

Heat transfer

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11
Q

Snow came from

A

High clouds

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12
Q

Contains gases that living organisms need

A

Atmosphere

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13
Q

protects Earth’s surface from being struck by meteor

A

Atmosphere

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14
Q

Atmosphere composition

A

Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, Carbon dioxide

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15
Q

Nitrogen percent

A

78%

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16
Q

Oxygen percent

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21%

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17
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other components perceht

A

0.9%

18
Q

N2 is not usable unless in undergoes

A

Nitrogen fixation

19
Q

23.5 tilt of the earth

A

Climate classi

20
Q

Tropical region

A

0.30 def

21
Q

Convection current or corralis effects

A

North-couhter, Siyth-clockwise

22
Q

Hadsey

A

Low latitude

23
Q

Hadsey types

A

Feral and Polar

24
Q

Parts of Atmos

A

Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, Thermosepgere, Expsphere

25
Q

lowest layer of atmos, 75-80% mass of atmosphere

A

Troposphere

26
Q

Almost all weather conditions occur in this layer

A

Tropo

27
Q

ozone layer is here, little water vapor

A

Stratosphere

28
Q

O3

A

Ozone

29
Q

middle, meteors are burned here

A

Mesosphere

30
Q

relatively high conce of iron and netal atoms

A

Mesosphere

31
Q

hottest, sattelites and radio waves travel here

A

Thermosphere

32
Q

satellite placement, very thin, low amt of gas

A

Exosphere

33
Q

Temp and Distance is inversely prop

A

Layers of atmos

34
Q

Tropo, Meso, Exo

A

the higher you go the colder

35
Q

Pauses

A

stable weather is here

36
Q

presence of CRC replaces ocygen in Ozone

A

Ozone depletion

37
Q

removes CFC and HCTD Aerosolss, has solid particles

A

Montreal Protocol by UN

38
Q

Trapping of heat, effect would be global waring

A

Greenhouse effect

39
Q

try to decrease carbon dioxide emission

A

Kyito Principal

40
Q

Clean air act of 1999

A

RA 8749

41
Q

Tobacco regulation act of 2003

A

RA 8749

42
Q

UVrad from sun interacts with Nitrogen Oxide ( NOd) and volatile compounds (VOCs)

A

Surface level ozone