Geology Section 17.1 and 17.2 Homework: The Atmosphere in Balance and Heat and the Atmosphere: Due Block Day 5/8/13 or 5/9/13
Read sections 17.1 and 17.2, pages 366-373. Answer the questions that follow.
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Last Name, First Name *
Period (Do not put nd, rd, or th after the number.) *
Which gas is the most abundant in our atmosphere? *
True or False. If the Earth were scaled to the size of a basketball, Earth's atmosphere would be about as thick as a coat of paint on the basketball. *
Most of Earth's current atmosphere was produced by *
The level of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere is highest in which season? *
How do plants and animals affect the concentration and distribution of atmospheric gases like water vapor, carbon dioxide, and oxygen? *
Which type of heat transfer involves the tranfer of heat energy in a liquid or a gas by differences in density? *
Temperature is defined as *
What is the correct ordering of the layers of the atmosphere from lowest to highest in elevation? Hint: Traeger Studies Mega Thunderstorms Exuberantly! *
Which layer of the atmosphere has the ozone layer that protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation? *
The International Space Station orbits at an altitude of 220 miles (350 kilometers) above Earth's surface. Which layer of the atmosphere is it orbiting in? *
Think heat.
It is always colder at Mammoth or Lake Tahoe in the mountains than it is in Los Angeles or San Francisco. Why is this? *
Look at the Global Heat Budget graphic on page 373. If 100 units of energy come in to the Earth system, then how many units must go out of the Earth system to keep the planet from heating up or cooling off? *
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