Exam

Question 1

Atmosphere

Answer 1

The envelope of games that surrounds our planet

Question 2

Composition of atmosphere

Answer 2

21% oxygen, 79% Nitrogen, 1% other

Question 3

Daniel Rutherford

Answer 3

Scottish medical student + isolated the gas nitrogen

Question 4

Homosphere

Answer 4

Mixture of gases closes to the earths surface

Question 5

Heterosphere

Answer 5

Distinct layers of different gases

Question 6

Troposphere

Answer 6

Lowest layer. Most weather occurs (coldest)

Question 7

Stratosphere

Answer 7

Ozone layer, jet streams, airplanes fly here

Question 8

Jet streams

Answer 8

Belts of high speed winds in the stratosphere

Question 9

Mesosphere

Answer 9

The coldest temperature

Winds travel in different directions

Question 10

Thermosphere

Answer 10

Hottest temperature
Thin
Blocks out harmful radiation

Question 11

Exosphere

Answer 11

Above the thermosphere

Where the atmosphere thins into interplanetary space

Question 12

Carbon cycle

Answer 12

Plants use gas we breath out

The flow of carbon from living things

Question 13

Nitrogen cycle

Answer 13

Flow of nitrogen through atmosphere ocean soil

Question 14

Ozone layer

Answer 14

Stratosphere
Shields the earth from harmful ultraviolet light
Made up of 03

Question 15

Ionosphere

Answer 15

Where solar radiation breaks gas molecules into ions

Question 16

Magnetosphere

Answer 16

Protect from solar wind

Question 17

Electromagnetic waves

Answer 17

Most in EMA most found in magnetic spectrum

Question 18

Greenhouse effect

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Traps and absorbs infrared energy emitted by ground and water from absorbed sunlight

Question 19

Greenhouse gases

Answer 19

Normal atmospheric gases as water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane