Chapter 15 -- (7th)
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- Night winds
- land breezes
- The most common liquid in the atmosphere
- water vapor
- The gas _____ absorbs some of the harmful radiation from the sun.
- ozone
- Heat and energy are transferred from the sun to the Earth and its atmosphere by _____.
- radiation
- Air pressure is measured with a(n)
- barometer
- Layer os the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer.
- stratosphere
- Differences in temp. on Earth can be explained in part by the _____ of its surface.
- curved shape
- A greenhouse, just like _____ acts to contain heat.
- Earth's atmosphere
- Rain occurs in the troposphere because _____.
- other layers of the atmosphere do not contain enough water and pressure.
- Two gases that make up 90% of the Earth's atmosphere are _____ and _____.
- oxygen and nitrogen
- Why does the metal chamber of an aneriod barometer expand during a low-pressure weather pattern?
- under low-pressure, molecules move farther apart
- Gas that makes up 20% of air
- oxygen
- Most abundant gas in the atmosphere
- nitrogen
- Visible air pollution
- smog
- Where air is found
- troposphere
- Process by which air gains heat through contact with hot surfaces
- conduction
- Transfer of hear by movement of air mass
- convection
- Result of unequal heating of places all over Earth
- global wind systems
- Caused by air sinking and returning to the equator
- trade winds