Study Guide for Energy in the Atmosphere Unit Test 2015
This is a guide as to what will be on the test. Please study your old quizzes, all notes and look at your starters.
Energy
 What is the law of conservation of energy?
 What is electromagnetic energy?
 What is chemical energy?
 What is nuclear energy?
 What is convection and how is density involved? What is density?
 What are renewable and nonrenewable resources?
Climate
 What is the difference between weather and climate?
 What are the two main factors that influence climate?
 How does latitude influence climate?
 How does proximity to water affect climate?
 How does elevation affect climate?
 How does the rain shadow effect caused by mountains create our climate?
 What is the greenhouse effect and what are greenhouse gases?
 What are fossil fuels and when burned what do they produce?
 What is the relationship between global warming and carbon dioxide?
 What is the cause of the seasons and how does that influence energy on earth, where is the most
direct light and indirect light? What is an equinox?
The Atmosphere
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What is the definition of atmosphere?
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What are the two most abundant gases in the atmosphere and what percentage do they make up?
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What creates oxygen and has it always been abundant in our atmosphere?
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How are the layers of the atmosphere divided up?
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Which layer of the atmosphere does most weather occur in?
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Which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone located?
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Which layer of the atmosphere do meteors burn up in?
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What is the ionosphere and where is it and what is happening in it?
Wind, Air Pressure, Ozone, and Acid Rain
 What is wind? What causes wind? What is the Coriolis Effect?
 Why does air have pressure?
 As you increase you elevation what happens to pressure, density, and temperature?
 What does falling air pressure mean? What does rising air pressure mean?
 What does the ozone layer do? Why are there holes?
 What creates acid rain and why is it a problem?