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Standard 3 Objective 1 Study Notes
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Use these notes to prepare for the test.
1. One harmful effect of temperature inversions is ______________________.
2. Energy from the sun travels to Earth as ___________________________.
3. The solar radiation ________________ absorbed by the layers of the atmosphere before reaching Earth is visible light.
4. After Earth _________ solar energy that heats the ground, the atmosphere absorbs _________ energy from the ground.
5. A delay between Earth’s absorption of solar energy and an _________________ in temperature makes the afternoon
the _________________ part of a day.
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6. The narrow bands of high-speed winds that blow in the upper atmosphere are called _________ _______________.
7. The ______________ winds of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres meet at the equator in a narrow zone of weak
variable winds called the ____________________.
8. A wind that blows cool air _______________ land to water is called a __________________ breeze.
9. One effect of air ______________________ is destruction of the ______________________ layer.
10. Solar radiation that is not ___________________ back into the atmosphere is _______________ by surface materials.
11. __________________ is the fraction of solar radiation reaching Earth that is _______________________.
12. Prevailing winds that blow through the __________________ of the United States are called ___________________.
13. Because of the ________________ Effect, an object that travels north from the equator will curve to the ___________.
14. Temperature ______________ can intensify the effect of smog when cool, polluted ground air is trapped by warm air.
15. The _________________ of the surface and lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when carbon dioxide, water vapor,
and other gases in the air trap the heat near Earth’s surface is known as _______________________ effect.
16. _____percent of radiation from the Sun is ____________________ by Earth’s surface and by clouds and air.
17. Sunlight is changed into _______________ when it is absorbed by Earth.
18. Temperatures increasing inside a car in the summer would be an example of the _________________ effect.
19. _________ percent of the sun’s light that reaches Earth is not changed to heat.
20. Sunlight is changed into ____________ when it is absorbed by the _________________ and Earth’s surface.
21. The planet ________ has little atmosphere. At any given location, temperatures change daily from far
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below zero to above 100 degrees C. Mars lacking a _______________ effect would explain these extremes.
The sun’s rays do the _______________ heating when the sun is directly ________________.
The areas near the equator have different ________________ and weather than areas near the poles because
they receive _____________ solar energy than the areas near the poles.
The ___________________ heating of air masses causes atmospheric ______________________.
Most of the United States lies between 30N latitude and 60 N so most of the ________________ flow is
from ______________ to _____________.
_________________ wind circulation patterns distribute energy and ________________ on the surface.
The _______________ of the paths of winds due to the rotation of Earth is called the _____________ Effect.
A molecule of ozone has _____ oxygen atoms and a molecule of atmospheric oxygen has ___ oxygen atoms.
______________ is considered a pollutant in the troposphere where it impairs normal lung function.
Governments around the world ______________ chemicals called ______________ because they destroy
ozone in the upper atmosphere.
The ________________ layer protects living things from _______________________ radiation.