Test 1

Question 1

The earths first photograph created in

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1972(also called the blue marble)

Question 2

satellite trem

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Measures rainfall and derive rainfall rates

Question 3

The atmosphere

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A mixtureof gas molecules hat surround the earth

Question 4

What keeps molecules from leaving earth?

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Gravity

Question 5

The Atmosphere is necessary for

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1) Clouds, rain, Fresh water, oceans, erosion by wind and water
2) erosion by wind and water

Question 6

Who was Joseph Louis Gay Lussac?

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French polymath, known as chemist, but contributed to physics and

Question 7

Water vapor is…..

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A variable–but very important–gas;

The hydrolic cycle

Question 8

Carbon dioxide

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Concentrations have risen in recent years

Question 9

The Primary Variables

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Visibility, clouds, significant weather, atmospheric pressure temperature and wind

Question 10

Atmospheric pressure

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is the force per unit area of a column of air above you

Question 11

Pressure is….

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the weight of the the atmosphere;

also one of the most fundamental forces which produces weather and makes our atmoshere

Question 12

Density

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Mass/volume

Question 13

Temperature is

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A measure of the kinetic energy of air molecules

Question 14

Ideal Gas Law

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Pressure=density x constant x temperature

Question 15

4 atmosopheric layers

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troposphere (bottom)
stratosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere (top)

Question 16

Troposphere

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Essentially all weather takes place here:

Top layer called tropause

Question 17

within the troposphere, there is

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a boundary layer

Question 18

stratosphere?

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Increases with height; places a cap on troposphere

90%v of O3 concentrated in the stratosphere

Question 19

Who is Ozone created

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UV strikes from the sun strke O2 and splits into O +O

Question 20

Concentrations are higher In the

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stratosphere

Question 21

Mesosphere

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Temperture

Question 22

what is the aurora

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result of sun electromatic waves a

Question 23

What makes water so special

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y