Chapter 12 Atmosphere Review

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Chapter 12 Atmosphere Review
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• What is the cause of wind?
• The greenhouse effect
• Unequal heating of Earths surface
• The release of latent heat was water changes
  states

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• Sea breezes form during the day when
• A high-pressure area forms over the land
• The land heats faster than nearby ocean
• The ocean heats faster than the nearby land

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• What does the Coriolis effect do to winds in the
  Northern Hemisphere?
• Causes them to blow faster
• Causes them to reverse direction
• Causes them to turn to the right

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• Why do land breezes blow from the land to sea at
  night?
• The land is colder
• Land cools faster than nearby water
• An area of low pressure forms over the land

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Prevailing winds, jet streams, trade winds, polar
easterlies

• 5. Steady east west winds that flow towards the
  equator
• 6. Winds that blow from west to east between 30
  and 60 degrees
• 7. Cold winds that blow from east to west near
  the poles
• 8. Narrow bands of high winds near the top of the
  troposphere

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• In the area of the atmosphere that is closest to
  Earths surface, the transfer of thermal energy
  by collisions between particles of matter occurs.
• Conduction

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• About one-quarter of the Suns radiation does not
  reach Earth because clouds and small particles in
  the air _____________ solar waves.
• reflect

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• Visible light, ultra violet light, and infrared
  radiation waves are types of electromagnetic
  waves that transfer thermal energy from the sun.
• Radiation

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• Close to Earths surface, where conduction
  occurs, the transfer of thermal energy by the
  movement of matter from one place to another can
  also occur
• Convection

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• The formation of thunderstorms depends on the
  strength or weakness of circulating air motions
  of the atmosphere
• stability

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• A layer of cooler air near Earths surface is
  trapped by a layer of warmer air when a condition
  in the troposphere that involves a temperature
  increase with altitude occurs
• Temperature inversion

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• The Suns energy reaches _______ through a
  process known as radiation.
• Earth / Earths surface

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List the layers of the atmosphere from nearest to
furthest from Earth

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere
• Exosphere

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Match the layer to the correct term

• Exosphere
• Thermosphere
• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere

• Small meteors
• Airplanes
• Satellites
• Clouds
• Weather balloons

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• Earths atmosphere keeps the planets temperature
  within a certain range
• True
• Oxygen is the most common gas in the atmosphere
• False
• The tropospheres ozone layer protects organisms
  from the Suns harmful rays.
• False

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• The mesosphere and thermosphere protect Earth
  from meteorites
• True
• All weather happens in the thermosphere
• False
• Air pressure decreases with altitude in the
  troposphere
• True

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• The exosphere is the furthest from Earth
• True
• Auroras occur when ions from the Sun strike air
  molecules, causing them to emit vivid colors
• True
• Where do auroras occur?
• Ionosphere within the meso/thermosphere