Atmosphere/Weather Review

Question 1

What is the layer of gas that surrounds the earth?

Answer 1

Atmosphere

Question 2

What are the layers of the atmosphere?

Answer 2

1. Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Mesosphere
4. Thermosphere
5. Ionosphere

Question 3

Which layer contains gases essential for life?

Answer 3

Troposphere

Question 4

Which layer does weather occur in?

Answer 4

Troposphere

Question 5

In what layers does the temp decrease as the altitude increases?

Answer 5

Troposphere and Mesosphere

Question 6

In what layers does the temp increase as the altitude increases?

Answer 6

Stratosphere and Thermosphere

Question 7

Which layer includes the ozone?

Answer 7

Stratosphere

Question 8

Which layer do planes fly in?

Answer 8

Stratosphere

Question 9

Which layer is 50-80 km?

Answer 9

Mesosphere

Question 10

Which layer begins to merge with space?

Answer 10

Thermosphere

Question 11

Which layer has air that is highly ionized by UV rays?

Answer 11

Ionosphere

Question 12

What is special about the Ionosphere?

Answer 12

1. It keeps radio waves from completely leaving the atmosphere
2. It causes Auroras

Question 13

What gases are found in the atmosphere?

Answer 13

Oxygen, Nitrogen, CO2 and Argon

Question 14

Where are most of the gases found?

Answer 14

In the lower atmosphere

Question 15

Which component of the atmosphere formed from the surface of the earth and pollution?

Answer 15

Dust

Question 16

Which component is always present due to evaporation and is mostly near the surface?

Answer 16

Water vapor

Question 17

Which component blocks UV rays in the higher atmosphere and is considered a pollutant in the lower atmosphere?

Answer 17

Ozone

Question 18

What are ionized particles sent out by the sun?

Answer 18

Auroras

Question 19

What are single oxygen molecules bounded with paired oxygen?

Answer 19

Ozone

Question 20

What does the Ozone do?

Answer 20

It blocks 99% of UV radiation

Question 21

What is causing ozone thinning?

Answer 21

The release of CFC’s

Question 22

Where is the hole in the ozone?

Answer 22

Antarctica

Question 23

What does dust form in the atmosphere?

Answer 23

Rain and fog

Question 24

What is the transformation of water vapor to liquid when it comes in contact with a cooler object?

Answer 24

Condensation

Question 25

What is energy in the form of water?

Answer 25

Radiation

Question 26

What is the direct transfer of heat from a hot object to a cooler object?

Answer 26

Conduction

Question 27

What is the transfer of heat as warm air or liquid rises and cools air or liquid falls?

Answer 27

Convection

Question 28

What is the only way heat can enter the earth?

Answer 28

Radiation

Question 29

What is the effect that traps heat radiation that radiated from the earth?

Answer 29

Greenhouse Effect

Question 30

Why is the greenhouse effect necessary for life?

Answer 30

The earth would be frozen without it

Question 31

What is the main cause of the modern greenhouse effect?

Answer 31

CO2

Question 32

What are some other causes of the modern greenhouse effect?

Answer 32

Burning fossil fuel, deforestation, methane, and CFC

Question 33

What is the relationship between temperature and altitude?

Answer 33

As altitude increases, temperature decreases

Question 34

What is an upside down temp, condition where the ground radiates heat and cools faster than air?

Answer 34

Temperature Inversion

Question 35

How does temperature inversion form?

Answer 35

Cool air stays near the ground and traps smoke, fog, and other pollutants

Question 36

What is smoke and fog mixed together?

Answer 36

Smog

Question 37

How does the rotation and the tilt of the earth effect the temp of the earth?

Answer 37

1. The closer you are to the equator the more direct sunlight you are going to get, causing small differences between the warm seasons. 2. The middle part of the earth gets direct rays half of the year, causing extreme differences in the seasons

Question 38

What is going on during the Winter Solstice?

Answer 38

The sun's rays are below the equator at the tropic of capricorn and are starting to go higher

Question 39

What is going on during the Summer Solstice?

Answer 39

The sun's rays are above the equator at the tropic of cancer and are starting to go lower

Question 40

What is going on during the Spring Equinox?

Answer 40

The sun's rays are at the equator and are rising

Question 41

What is going on at the Autumnal Equinox?

Answer 41

The sun's rays are at the equator and are falling

Question 42

What are the seasons of the earth like in the polar regions?

Answer 42

There are few direct rays, so it is cold most all of the year

Question 43

What are the seasons of the earth like near the equator?

Answer 43

There is more direct sunlight, so there are only small differences between the warm seasons

Question 44

What are the seasons of the earth like between the polar regions and equatorial regions?

Answer 44

There are direct rays for only half of the year, so there are extreme differences in the seasons

Question 45

When are the warmest and coldest times of the day?

Answer 45

Warmest - Late afternoon | Coldest - Just before dawn

Question 46

When is the warmest and coldest time of the year?

Answer 46

Warmest - July | Coldest - January

Question 47

How is water heated and what affects the heating?

Answer 47

Heats up at different levels based on water clarity

Question 48

How is land heated?

Answer 48

Only heats on surface, the top 1-2 feet

Question 49

How does heat spread through water and land?

Answer 49

Much easier in water because of fluid and convection

Question 50

What is it called when liquid water warms up and converts to water vapor?

Answer 50

Evaporation