Earth Science Section 22.1 Homework: Characteristics of the Atmosphere: Due Thursday, 5/17/12
Read section 22.1, pages 547-554. 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 (highest amount of) 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 *
How do plants and animals affect the concentration and distribution of atmospheric gases like water vapor, carbon dioxide, and oxygen? See figure 2 on page 548. *
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 Earth at an altitude above the Earth's surface of 220 miles (350 kilometers). Which layer of the atmosphere is it orbiting in? *
It is always colder at Mammoth or Lake Tahoe in the mountains than it is in Los Angeles or San Francisco. Why is this? *
How do scientists (meteorologists) measure atmospheric pressure? *
What is a temperature inversion? *
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