Atmosphere Test

Question 1

What gas is the most abundant

Answer 1

78% nitrogen

Question 2

What gas is the second most abundant

Answer 2

21% oxygen

Question 3

How abundant are the other gases in our atmosphere

Answer 3

1% argon and .039% carbon dioxide

Question 4

How much does water vapor contribute when you consider all the components of air

Answer 4

Water vapor can contribute 0-4% by volume and is the source of all precipitation and clouds

Question 5

What are some examples of dust particles in the atmosphere

Answer 5

Pollen, ash, microorganism

Question 6

What is the ozone

Answer 6

Is a thin layer mostly in the stratosphere and it has a hole in it. It is also a formed from oxygen (O3)

Question 7

What does the ozone do for us to live

Answer 7

It helps block out the Suns harmful UVA rays

Question 8

The ozone is getting thinner in some areas of the earth because

Answer 8

The interaction of the UVA rays

Question 9

What is an air pollutant

Answer 9

Partials in the air that can harm health

Question 10

Primary pollutant

Answer 10

Emitted from an identifiable source

Question 11

Secondary pollutant

Answer 11

Formed when a primary pollutant combines with a mother substance, it cannot be formed in the air

Question 12

Where does most of carbon monoxide come from

Answer 12

Transportation

Question 13

What are weather and climate

Answer 13

Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain time, while climate is describing a place or region over a period of time

Question 14

What is atmospheric pressure

Answer 14

The weight of air above us

Question 15

What are the three ways atmospheric pressure is measured

Answer 15

Millibars, inches of mercury, or pascals

Question 16

Does atmospheric pressure increase or decrease

Answer 16

It decreases as altitude increases

Question 17

Are gas molecules closer or further

Answer 17

They are further away the higher you go in altitude

Question 18

Why can’t we breath on MT Everest

Answer 18

There is less air and high atmosphere pressure

Question 19

What are the four layers of the atmosphere

Answer 19

Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere

Question 20

In what layer does weather occur

Answer 20

Troposphere

Question 21

Explain the rises and declines in the temperate inside all the layers

Answer 21

Decrease, increase, decrease, increase

Question 22

What layer is the ozone found

Answer 22

Stratosphere

Question 23

Which layer protects the earth from meteors

Answer 23

Mesosphere

Question 24

Which layer has the aura lights

Answer 24

Thermosphere

Question 25

What are the regions between each layer called

Answer 25

Pauses

Question 26

What is rotation

Answer 26

The spinning of earth on its axis

Question 27

What is revolution

Answer 27

The spinning of earth around the sun

Question 28

Is rotation or revolution responsible for the day and night cycles, and which on is responsible for the seasons

Answer 28

Rotation causes night and day and Revolution causes the seasons

Question 29

Why does the sun appear to set in the west

Answer 29

Rotation is counterclockwise so it makes it look that way

Question 30

Why do the sun and the moon appear to move but the north star doesn't

Answer 30

Rotation and orbit

Question 31

Why do we need a leap year

Answer 31

Because the earth orbits every 365.25 days so every for years we have an extra day

Question 32

What is the summer solstice

Answer 32

It is the beginning of summer (June 21-22) the sun is vertical at 23.5 degrees north

Question 33

What is the winter solstice

Answer 33

It is the beginning of winter on (December 21-22) the sun is vertical at 23.5 degrees south

Question 34

What are the autumn and spring equinox

Answer 34

It is when the sun is vertical at the equator

Question 35

When are day and night equal in length

Answer 35

During the Equinox

Question 36

When is the daylight in the northern hemisphere longer and why

Answer 36

It is longer in the summer solstice because it is determined by the earth position in orbit

Question 37

How does temperature relate to kinetic energy(partial motion)

Answer 37

Temperature is measured in average kinetic energy of individual atoms and molecules within a substance

Question 38

Explain partials movement with kinetic energy

Answer 38

The hotter the substance is the hire the kinetic energy, the colder less kinetic energy

Question 39

What are three ways heat can be transferred

Answer 39

Convection, conduction, and radiation

Question 40

Give an example of conduction

Answer 40

Sitting in a metal chair on a hot day

Question 41

Give an example of radiation

Answer 41

Standing in the sunlight

Question 42

Give an example of convection

Answer 42

Standing in the shade on a hot day

Question 43

What is the electromagnetic spectrum

Answer 43

The sun emits light and heat as well ass an ultra violent that causes a sun tan. There is a large array of energy from the sun

Question 44

Name three parts of the spectrum emitted from the sun

Answer 44

Ultra violent- radiation, infrared, and radio waves

Question 45

What three things can happen to solar radiation when it strikes an object

Answer 45

Reflected, transmitted, and it also can be absorbed

Question 46

What is the difference between reflection and scattering

Answer 46

Reflection is when electromagnetic waves bounce off an object with no change, and scattering is when a wave bounces off and object and then from that one ray weaker rays bounce off in random directions

Question 47

What is the greenhouse effect

Answer 47

It is like a heat trap, the Suns energy reaches earth and gets trapped in our atmosphere and it bounces around heating earth and everything on it

Question 48

Why is the greenhouse affect a good thing

Answer 48

It is good because it provides the heat we need without it our world would be very cold

Question 49

Why could the greenhouse affect be bad if it gets stronger

Answer 49

It could cause global warming

Question 50

How can temperature vary list the five factors

Answer 50

Heating of land/water, cloud cover, geographic location, ocean currents, and altitude