| Layers of the Atmosphere |
| #1 |
4. Which layer contains the ozone layer? |
Stratosphere |
| #2 |
6. Which layer is the thinnest and is where meteors burn up? |
Mesosphere |
| #3 |
24. Describe the characteristics of the troposphere. |
Answers will vary (the layer we live in, extends 7 mi from the surface, most clouds and weather are in this layer, mostly consists of water vapor, thinnest at poles and thickest at equator, temperature decreases as height increases) |
| #4 |
22. List the layers of the atmosphere from the closest to the surface to outer space. |
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Ionosphere (Mesosphere and Thermosphere), and Exosphere |
| #5 |
23. Why does the temperature in the stratosphere increase as height increases? |
The concentration of ozone increases with height. Ozone absorbs UV radiation and the byproduct is heat. |
| Atmospheric Heating |
| #1 |
7. Heat from the sun, a campfire, or a stove top is an example of what kind of atmospheric heating? |
Radiation |
| #2 |
8. The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation of a liquid or gas is what? |
Convection |
| #3 |
15. Define radiation. |
Energy directed outward from a source in the form of waves or particles |
| #4 |
17. What is thermal conduction? Give an example. |
The transfer of energy as heat through a material |
| #5 |
18. What is the greenhouse effect? |
The process by which surface radiation is trapped within the atmosphere |
| Hurricanes |
| #1 |
20. The part of a hurricane that is calm and quiet. |
Eye |
| #2 |
21. This causes hurricanes and storms in the Northern Hemisphere to rotate counterclockwise. |
Coriolis effect |
| #3 |
16. Define hurricane. |
A large tropical storm with winds greater than 74 MPH |
| #4 |
9. Define depression. |
low-pressure region with spiraling winds that moves in counterclockwise motion |
| #5 |
1. Describe the size, wind, length and advanced warning of hurricanes. |
up to several hundred miles in diameter, wind less than 180MPH, up to 3 weeks long, several days warning |
| Tornadoes |
| #1 |
3. What is a tornado that forms over water? |
Waterspout |
| #2 |
10. What is a tornado? |
a rotating column of air that stretches from a thunder cloud to the ground |
| #3 |
5. When and how is the damage of tornadoes assessed? |
Damage is assessed after the storm and is rated using the EF scale |
| #4 |
2. Describe the size, wind, length and advanced warning of tornadoes. |
diameter is less than 1/4 mile wide, wind up to 300MPH, length is less than an hour, and 15-30 min advanced warning |
| #5 |
11. What are the warning signs of a tornado? |
green tinted sky, large hail, high wind speed, lightning and thunder |
| Miscellaneous |
| #1 |
12. Boiling water is an example of what type of heating? |
convecrtion |
| #2 |
13. Depression, strong winds, water temp. above 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and tropical seas. |
Describes how a hurricane forms. |
| #3 |
14. Who is Leon Philippe Teisserenc de Bort and what did he discover? |
A scientist that discovered there are layers in the atmosphere (using unmanned hot air balloons) |
| #4 |
21. What happens to the energy of the hurricane as it approaches the shore and makes landfall? Why? |
The hurricane "dies" as it moves over cold water--the energy source of the storm was removed (warm topical water) so, the wind speed decreases and the storm decreases in size. |
| #5 |
25. How is the Earth's atmosphere like a greenhouse? Why is this important for life? |
Light passes through the atmosphere but some of it cannot get back out like a greenhouse. The atmosphere acts as a blanket to keep the Earth at a temperature that supports life. |
