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Week 22 Study Guide
Atmosphere & Energy in the Atmosphere
Atmosphere Notes
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What two main gases make up the atmosphere?
Describe the relationship between altitude and air pressure
Describe the relationship between altitude and temperature
What do differences in air pressure cause?
Explain the relationship between air density and pressure
Explain the relationship between temperature and pressure using particle movement
What tool do scientists use to measure the air pressure?
List the five layers of our atmosphere and give at least one defining feature of that layer (ie. what happens
there?)
9. What layers make up the ionosphere and what special event happens there?
Energy in the Atmosphere Notes
10. Label the three kinds of light and give their defining characteristic
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11. Explain why we see blue skies during the day and red/orange skies in the morning/evening during
sunrise/sunset
12. Define the three types of heat energy
13. Explain how the greenhouse effect warms the Earth
14. Explain why air moves using how sun heats earth in your explanation
15. What is the Coriolis Effect?
16. Draw and label the six (6) types of global winds
17. What are four types of local wind?
18. Explain Land Breeze & Sea Breeze