Atmosphere Study Guide
Composition of Air
Which gas is the largest amount in the atmosphere?
Which gas is the second largest amount in the atmosphere?
Why does air pressure decrease from the troposphere to the exosphere?
Describe the relationship between altitude and air pressure?
What instrument is used to measure air pressure?
What would you predict would happen to the air pressure in a deep hole?
Layers of the Atmosphere
How do we classify the layers of the atmosphere?
Which layer do meteoroids burn up in?
Which layer is the ozone in?
Which layer has the hottest temperatures?
Which layer does weather occur in?
If you are in space and coming back towards Earth, which layer do you enter first?
Why is the stratosphere warm?
Air Quality/Pollution
Why should we monitor air pollution?
Why should we monitor air pollution in other countries?
What are some negative effects of air pollution?
What do CFC’s do to the ozone layer?
What will happen if our ozone layer gets too thin?
Burning fossil fuels causes what types of pollution?
What kind of pollution is formed when nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides combine with water in the air?
What happens when heat enters the Earth’s atmosphere?
How does photochemical smog form?
What are the sources of greenhouse gasses?
What are the sources of particulates (particle pollution)?
What causes the greatest amount of pollution?
Why would cities have more smog and acid rain than rural areas?
What groups of people are most affected by air pollution?