Unequal heating of earth

Question 1

Trophosphere

Answer 1

Atmospheric layer closest to Earths surface extends roughly 16km (10 miles) above earth
Where weather occurs

Question 2

Stratosphere

Answer 2

Above the trophosphere extends 16-50 km (10-3 miles) above Earths Surface. This is where the ozone forms
We fly here

Question 3

Ozone

Answer 3

Pale Blue gas composed of molecules made up of three oxygen atoms (O3) forms a layer within the stratosphere

Question 4

Albedo

Answer 4

Percentage of incoming sunlight must pass through more atmosphere and thus loses more of it’s energy

Question 5

What regions recieve more solar energy?

Answer 5

Regions near the equator

Question 6

Dark energy reflect little energy meaning

Answer 6

They absorb most solar energy that strikes them

Question 7

Snow and ice reflect more solar energy then what

Answer 7

than they recieve

Question 8

Earths seasons

Answer 8

Because the earths axis of rotation is titled 23.05 the latitude that recieves the most rays of sun and the hours of daylight changes throughout the year as the earth orbits the sun

Question 9

The trophosphere is

Answer 9

closest to the earth

Question 10

Tempature increases with altitude in stratopshere because

Answer 10

The suns UV-B and UV-C rays warm the upper part of this layer

Question 11

Because the density of air decreases with altitude

Answer 11

The troposphere temperature decreases with altitude

Question 12

Earths atmosphere consists of how many layers of gases

Answer 12

Five

Question 13

The layers closest to the earth have a greater what

Answer 13

Air mass - densely packed molecules - higher air pressure

Question 14

What occurs in the trophosphere

Answer 14

Most of the atmospheres nitrogen, oxygen, and water vapor

Question 15

Air temperature in troposphere decreases with distance from what

Answer 15

Earths surface and varies with latitude

Question 16

What does the ozone layer absorb

Answer 16

Most of suns ultraviolet-B (UV-B_ radiation and all of it’s ultraviolet-C (UV-C) radiation

Question 17

Why is the upper stratosphere warmer

Answer 17

UV radiation from the sun reaches the upper stratosphere first compared to the lower stratosphere

Question 18

What decreases as we move towards the outer layers of the atmosphere

Answer 18

Atmospheric pressure, density, gravity

Question 19

Thermosphere importance

Answer 19

Ability to block harmful x rays and UV radiation from reaching the planet

Question 20

The thermosphere contains gas molecules that what

Answer 20

Contains gas molecules that when hit by solar energy begin to glow and produce light

Question 21

How is the planets surface warmed

Answer 21

As the suns energy passes through the atmosphere and strikes land and water, it warms the planets surface

Question 22

Uneven Warming Pattern 1

Answer 22

Variation in the angle at which the sun rays strike earth

Question 23

Variation in the angle at which the sun rays strike earth
(regions close to the equator)

Answer 23

In regions closest to the equator (the tropics) the sun strikes it at a right angle

Question 24

Variation in the angle at which the sun rays strike earth
(In the middle laitude or polar regions)

Answer 24

The suns rays strike at a more oblique angle
Sun rays travel a longer distance

Question 25

When is solar energy lost

Answer 25

As it travels through the atmosphere

Question 26

Where does most solar energy reach

Answer 26

The equator

Question 27

Uneven Warming Pattern 2

Answer 27

Variation in the amount of surface area over which the sun rays are distributed

Question 28

Variation in the amount of surface area over which the sun rays are distributed

Answer 28

When the sun rays strike near the equator the solar energy is distributed over a smaller surface energy than near the poles

Question 29

Regions near the equator receive more what

Answer 29

Solar energy per square meter than middle latitude and polar regions

Question 30

Uneven Warming Pattern 3

Answer 30

Some areas of Earth reflect more solar energy than others

Question 31

Some areas of Earth reflect more solar energy than others

Answer 31

The amount of solar energy reaching various latitudes shifts depends on the angle of the sun rays