Weather Review

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Row 1200

• What is the most abundant gas that humans breathe?– Nitrogen

Row 1400

• What type of pollution acualy can wear away a metal statue?– Acid Rain

Row 1600

• T or F. Air pressure differences have a great deal to do with how winds form– T

Row 1800

• What is the result of unequal heating within a small area?– Local Wind

Row 11000

• What is the single biggest polluter on our planet?– Automobiles

Row 2200

• Name the atmosphere level in which we live?– Troposphere

Row 2400

• What gas is 21% of our atmosphere?– oxygen

Row 2600

• Winds that blow steadily from specific direction over long distances– Global winds

Row 2800

• What main gas is burned by the sun?– Hydrogen

Row 2 1000

• What is the biggest factor or reason why the sun heats unequally?– The angle of the sun

Row 3200

• The atmosphere layer where meteoroids burns up.– Mesosphere

Row 3400

• The flow of air from an ocean or lake towards land– Sea breeze

Row 3600

• The transfer of heat by movement of a fluid– convection

Row 3800

• Is hot or cold air less dense?– hot

Row 31000

• The elevation above sea level.– Altitude

Row 4200

• The condition of the earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place– weather

Row 4400

• The direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves– Radiation

Row 4600

• A force that is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area– Air pressure

Row 4800

• Harmful substances that humans can create that may be found in the air, soil or water.– pollutants

Row 41000

• The many layers of gases that surround earth.– Atmosphere

Row 5200

• The direct transfer of heat between two substances touching– Conduction

Row 5400

• What is the percentage of Nigtrogen in the atmosphere– 78%

Row 5600

• The circulating flow of air from land to a body of water– Land Breeze

Row 5800

• Carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and sulfur dioxide can all result from burning what?– Fossil Fuels

Row 51000

• T or F. Ozone gases found low to the ground can actually kill or harm plant and wildlife?– True

Row 6200

• Some gas molecules absorb and then reflect heat back to the planet’s surface. What is this called?– Greenhouse effect

Row 6400

• Of all the atmospheric layers, which one gets the coldest?– Thermosphere

Row 6600

• The layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in what?– Temperature

Row 6800

• Are forest fires a major and consistent cause of air pollution?– No

Row 61000

• Nuclear reaction on the sun give off both light and what?– heat

Row 7200

• The type of radiant energy that heats the earth is what?– Infrared

Row 7400

• What kind of currents allow warm air to rise and cool air to fall– convection

Row 7600

• What effects causes wind to move in the direction that it does– Coriolis

Row 7800

• The atmospheric layer in which the layer of ozone gases exists?– Stratosphere

Row 71000

• These rays from the sun can hurt your eyes or burn your skin– Ultraviolet

Final Jeopardy

Colleges

Final Jeopardy

• What is the best school to go to– Michigan State.