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Layers of the Atmosphere Vocabulary Air Pressure Air Quality Random 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500

True/False: Thermosphere is the layer that we live in. A 100

False- Troposphere A 100

Name all of the layers of the atmosphere. Say from bottom to top. *Don’t forget the last layer is split in two. * A 200

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere (Ionosphere, Exosphere) A 200

What is the layer that protects the Earth’s surface from being hit by meteoroids? A 300

Mesosphere A 300

What is the inner most layer and outer most layer? Where does weather occur? A 400

Inner-troposphere Outer- Thermosphere Weather occurs in the troposhere A 400

Why is the top of the stratosphere warmer than the top of the troposphere? A 500

The stratosphere has the ozone layer. The ozone layer captures the ultra violet rays from the sun and warms the upper region of the atmosphere. A 500

What is the Atmosphere? B 100

Envelope of gases that surrounds the planet. B 100

What is Ozone and Water Vapor? B 200

Ozone- Form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms instead of two. Water Vapor- Water in the form of a gas B 200

What is a barometer? What is the difference between an aneroid barometer and mercury barometer? B 300

Barometer is an instrument that is used to measure air pressure Aneroid barometer has an airtight metal chamber. Mercury barometer has a glass tube open at the bottom end and partially filled with mercury B 300

What can be found and happens in the ionosphere? B 400

The Aurora Borealis and radio waves that bounce off the ionosphere and comes back to Earth’s surface. B 400

What are pollutants? What is the major cause of pollution around the world? B 500

Pollutants- Harmful substances in the air, water, or soil. Burning of fossil fuels is a major cause of pollution in the world B 500

What is Air Pressure? C 100

Result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area. C 100

True/False: The higher the elevation the higher the air pressure. C 200

False- The higher the elevation the lower the air pressure C 200

What units are commonly used to measure air pressure? C 300

Millibars or Inches of Mercury C 300

DAILY Place A Wager DOUBLE C 400

Why is it hard to breathe at the top of a mountain? C 400

Air is less dense: each breath takes in a fewer oxygen molecules at a higher altitude at sea level. C 400

Where would you be affected the most by high air pressure? Why? C 500

You would be affected the most at sea level. C 500

What are two main sources of pollution? Give an example of each? D 100

Natural sources and human activities D 100

What is the main source of pollution made from human activities? (Give an example) D 200

Burning of Fossil Fuels D 200

Describe the difference between London-Type Smog and Photochemical Smog? D 300

London-type smog comes from the burning of fossil fuels. Especially with coal. Photochemical smog is formed by the action of the sunlight on pollutants such as hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide D 300

How is acid rain formed? D 400

The burning of coal that contains a lot of sulfur. produces sulfur oxide. Some of it is absorbed into the clouds and comes down as precipitation. D 400

Do you think that photochemical smog levels are higher during the winter or during the summer? D 500

The summer because the sun’s rays are more direct and the hours of daylight are longer D 500

The two most abundant gases in the atmosphere are? E 100

Nitrogen (78%) and Oxygen (21%) E 100

The layers in the atmosphere are classified according to: E 200

Temperature E 200

True/False: Weather is the condition of Earth’s surface at a particular time and place. E 300

True E 300

How does the ozone layer protect us? E 400

It blocks the UV rays which can cause cancer to us. E 400

How could a volcano and a factor contribute to pollution? What type of pollution are each? E 500

Volcanic ash and gases released during and eruption cause major damage to the atmosphere and can cause many deaths, damages and even delay flights around the world. Factories produce a ton of pollution. They usually are burning fossil fuels, which leads to the creation of smog and acid rain. E 500

What is a Glacier and how does it move? F 100

A large mass of ice that moves slowly over land F 100

What are the two types of Glaciers? F 200

Continental and Valley Glaciers F 200

Describe Continental and Valley Glaciers F 300

Continental Glacier- Glacier that covers much of the continent or large island Valley Glacier- Long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up high in a mountain valley F 300

How is global warming affecting glaciers in the North Pole and Antarctica today? F 400

Global warming is melting the glaciers which is cause the sea level to rise. F 400

How and why can rocks that are found from one area of a state or country end up in a completely different spot in which they are not normally found. F 500

F 500

The Final Jeopardy Category is: Inside the Earth Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

Name one theory that you have learned about and explain it…. Also name all of the layers of the Earth’s interior (Start from outer and work your way in) Click on screen to continue

Plate Tectonics Theory or Continental Drift Theory. Crust, Mantle (lithosphere, asthenosphere) The core (Inner and Outer) Click on screen to continue

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