The Atmosphere
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- Q1The atmosphere isthe layer of gases that surrounds the Earththe layer of water in the oceansthe layer in which weather occursthe layer that contains the ozone layer60s
- Q2The two most abundant gases in the atmosphere arenitrogen and oxygennitrogen and hydrogencarbon dioxide and nitrogencarbon dioxide and oxygen60s
- Q3What percent of our atmosphere is made up of gases other than oxygen and nitrogen?1%5%2%10%60s
- Q4Ozone isa form of nitrogen with three nitrogen atoms in each moleculea form of nitrogen with two nitrogen atoms in each moleculea form of oxygen with the three oxygen atoms in each moleculea form of oxygen with two oxygen atoms in each molecule60s
- Q5Water vapor is water in the form ofcrystalssteama gasdroplets60s
- Q6Earth's atmosphere is important to living things because itcontains dust and other particlesprovides all the gases that living things need to surviveis very thin compared to the size of the Earthmaintains a constant relative humidity60s
- Q7Earth's atmosphere traps energy from the sun, whichallows solar radiation to penetrate to the surfaceallows ozone to form easilyallows water to exist as a liquidcauses meteors to burn up60s
- Q8Air has pressure becausetemperature warms the airair has masswind moves the airthe stratosphere is thick60s
- Q9Density can be determined using the formuladensity = mass x volumedensity = mass/volumedensity = volume/massdensity = mass + volume60s
- Q10The less mass in a given volume of air, themore dense the airmore the air weighsgreater the air pressureless dense the air60s
- Q11Instruments used to measure air pressure are calledhygrometersthermometersbarometershydrometers60s
- Q12An aneroid barometer is different from a mercury barometer in that itdoes not contain a liquidprovides readings that increases as air pressure increasesuses alcohol instead of mercurymeasures temperaure60s
- Q13The air pressure acting on the roof of your housecomes from the air within a few feet of your rooftopis much greater underneath your roof than on top of itis much greater on top of the roof than below itcomes from all the air above your roof60s
- Q14As you rise upwards in the atmosphere, air pressureincreasesfirst increases, then decreasesdoesn't changedecreases60s
- Q15When climbing a high mountain, you get out of breath easily becausethere is more oxygen in the air.there is less oxygen in each cubic meter of airthe air is more denseair pressure is greater60s