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• ANSWER:
The two gases that make up 99% of
Earth’s atmosphere.
• QUESTION: What are nitrogen and
oxygen?
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Gases that absorb and give off
infrared radiation.
• QUESTION:
What are greenhouse gases?
• ANSWER:
The three natural processes that
continually change the atmosphere?
• QUESTION:
What are the carbon, nitrogen, and
water cycles?
• ANSWER:
The three ways that energy is moved
throughout the atmosphere.
• QUESTION:
What are radiation, conduction, and
convection?
• ANSWER:
The atmosphere’s four layers from
the Earth’s surface up and the
characteristic that defines them.
• QUESTION:
What is troposphere, stratosphere,
mesosphere, thermosphere, and
temperature?
• ANSWER:
Any instrument that measures air
pressure.
• QUESTION:
What is a barometer?
• ANSWER:
This causes Earth’s global winds to
curve rather than to move in straight
lines.
• QUESTION:
What is the Coriolis effect?
• ANSWER:
The three main types of clouds.
• QUESTION:
What are cirrus, cumulus, and
stratus?
• ANSWER:
A condition in which the rates of
evaporation and condensation are
equal.
• QUESTION:
What is saturation?
• ANSWER:
The 5 forms of precipitation that
reaches Earth’s surface.
• QUESTION:
What are rain & drizzle, freezing rain,
sleet, snow, and hail.
• ANSWER:
Besides nitrogen and oxygen, two
other gases that make up Earth’s
atmosphere.
• QUESTION:
What are argon, carbon dioxide, and
water vapor?
• ANSWER:
The two types of pollutants that
make up air pollution.
• QUESTION:
What are gas pollutants and particle
pollutants (particulates)?
• ANSWER:
3 dramatic events that may cause
sudden changes to Earth’s
atmosphere.
• QUESTION:
What are volcanic eruptions, forest
fires, and dust storms?
• ANSWER:
Chemicals that break down in the
stratosphere and destroy the ozone
layer.
• QUESTION:
What are chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)?
• ANSWER:
The percentage of solar energy that
is absorbed by Earth’s surface.
• QUESTION:
What is 50%?
• ANSWER:
The force of air molecules pushing
on an area.
• QUESTION:
What is air pressure?
• ANSWER:
The instrument used by scientists to
measure rainfall.
• QUESTION:
What is a rain gauge?
• ANSWER:
The temperature at which air with a
given amount of water vapor will
reach saturation.
• QUESTION:
What is dew point?
• ANSWER:
A cloud that rests on the ground or a
body of water.
• QUESTION:
What is fog?
• ANSWER:
The names of 3 global wind belts.
• QUESTION:
What are the trade winds, the westerlies,
and the easterlies
• ANSWER: The process shown at A.
• QUESTION: What is conduction?
• ANSWER: The process shown at B.
• QUESTION: What is convection?
• ANSWER: The type of cloud in the diagram.
• QUESTION: What is a cumulus cloud?
• ANSWER:
The process in which organisms take
in O2 and release CO2.
• QUESTION:
What is respiration?
• ANSWER:
The 3 specific groups of people that
air pollution can cause extra health
problems for.
• QUESTION:
What are young children, older
adults, and asthma sufferers?
• ANSWER:
The meaning of the Latin word Stratus.
• QUESTION:
What is spread out?
• ANSWER:
The meaning of the Latin word Cumulus.
• QUESTION:
What is heap or pile?
• ANSWER:
The meaning of the Latin word Cirrus.
• QUESTION:
What is curl of hair?
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The electromagnetic spectrum in order
from longest wavelength to shortest.
• QUESTION:
What are radio, microwaves, infrared,
visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays and
gamma rays?
Answer
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• ANSWER:
The 4 main gases that cause the
greenhouse effect.
• QUESTION:
What are water vapor, carbon dioxide,
methane and nitrous oxide?
Answer
Question
• ANSWER:
The 3 main causes of acid rainfall.
• QUESTION:
What are transportation, power plants
and factories?
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