Ch 28

Question 1

what is the atmosphere air mainly made up of

Answer 1

98% nitrogen

Question 2

what is the second abundant gas in the atmosphere

Answer 2

21 % oxygen

Question 3

what is the remaining percent in the atmosphere called

Answer 3

trace gases majority is argon

Question 4

within the atmosphere does temperature increase or decrease troposphere

Answer 4

decrease

Question 5

what are the names of atmosphere layers closets to farthest

Answer 5

troposphere 
stratosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
exosphere

Question 6

which layer is the ozone found in

Answer 6

stratosphere

Question 7

does the temperature increase or decrease with altitude

Answer 7

increase

Question 8

do the thermosphere

Answer 8

no

Question 9

a layer extending an average of 12 km above earths surface ( lyer where weather happens)

Answer 9

troposphere

Question 10

occurs when air temperature increases with the altitude and the air becomes stable

Answer 10

temperature inversion

Question 11

is a natural process in which certain gases in the atmosphere warm planet as they absorb and emit infrared radiation

Answer 11

greenhouse effect

Question 12

jet stream

Answer 12

is a narrow band of fast-moving, high-altitude

Question 13

Coriolis effect

Answer 13

the apparent deflection of an object due to earths rotation

Question 14

air mass

Answer 14

is a large volume of air with uniform moisture and temperature throughout.

Question 15

weather fronts

Answer 15

air masses interact in zones

Question 16

Maritime climate

Question 17

Continental climate

Question 18

what is climate?

Answer 18

long term average of weather conditions

Question 19

what is weather?

Answer 19

day to day outside conditions

Question 20

what are the five spheres that make up the earths system?

Answer 20

atmosphere
biosphere
hydrosphere
lithosphere
cryosphere

Question 21

what is the atmosphere?

Answer 21

air around us

Question 22

what is biosphere?

Answer 22

everything is organic

Question 23

what is hydrosphere?

Answer 23

liquid water

Question 24

what is crysosphere?

Answer 24

frozen water is snow, and glaciers

Question 25

what is lithosphere?

Answer 25

Earth's outermost layer

Question 26

what is primary factor that influences climate at a giving location

Answer 26

latitude

Question 27

at which location does earth receive the most intense solar radiation

Answer 27

at the equator

Question 28

at what degrees does the sun ray's hit earth in the tropic zone

Answer 28

90 degrees

Question 29

at what degree does the sun ray's hit earths surface in the tempra zones

Answer 29

45 degrees

Question 30

what degrees does the sun ray's hit earths surface in the polar zones

Answer 30

30 degrees

Question 31

which one of these zones does Lamar Colorado fall in

Answer 31

tempate zone

Question 32

what are other factors that determine climate

Answer 32

precipitation

Question 33

what is it like on windward side of a mountain

Answer 33

the air cool n wait and their is a lot of vegetation

Question 34

what is it like on a leeward side of a mountain

Answer 34

air warm n dry, and little vegation

Question 35

sea breeze

Answer 35

blows from water toward the land

Question 36

land breeze

Answer 36

air blowing from the land towards the water happens at night

Question 37

in Lamar Colorado what climate zone and what type of vegetation

Answer 37

grassland | warm arid

Question 38

an increase in the average temperatures of Earth's near-surface and oceans

Answer 38

global warming

Question 39

is the warming of the Pacific ocean off the coast of western South America that occurs every 3-10 years

Answer 39

El Nino

Question 40

occurs when trade winds in the Pacific are unusually strong and surface water is colder than normal

Answer 40

La Nina

Question 41

what are the two changes does the earths climate under go

Answer 41

seasonal and longterm

Question 42

how do seasonal changes happen?

Answer 42

due to the earth revolving around the sun

Question 43

in general which hemisphere is in summer?

Question 44

what is the period called where earths surface was covered in ice

Answer 44

ice age

Question 45

how long ago did the world turn to wh

Answer 45

3,00 years ago

Question 46

what are some factors that can change climate

Answer 46

ocean currents,vegetation, latitude

Question 47

how do humans affect climate

Answer 47

consumption of energy, deforestion, industrial and agriculture

Question 48

what id deforesation

Answer 48

clearing of large areas of trees

Question 49

what are ways that can affect the carbon cycle

Answer 49

loss of vegetation and deforestation