CPO Earth Science Chapter 5

The Ozone layer is located

List the layers of the atmosphere in order starting from Earth and increasing altitude.

The atmosphere is

Why is Earth just right for life to exist?

Prevents the nitrogen and the oxygen molecules tin our atmosphere from flying off into space

Where do most of the satellites orbit?

This is in what layer of the atmosphere?

Most meteors burn up in what layer of the atmosphere

Name the 1st layer an astronaut passes through during reentry from space on way back from moon

Air has pressure because

What layer would you find this in?

Earth's early life forms and plants use this process to use the Sun's energy

The thermosphere extends from the top of the troposphere to the bottom of the mesosphere

The most abundant trace gas is

Where would someone experience high pressure because the air is more dense?

What does the green color represent?

The London agreement of 1991

What does the pink color represent?

One Earth's revolutions takes

________ are created when carbon from decaying plants and animals is stored in the ground

Earth's atmosphere is important to living things because it

The ozone is found in what layer?

What is this?

The bodies of living things are made mostly of

Earth’s _____ is responsible for the warmth of summer and the coolness of winter.

One thing people could do to reduce air pollution is

The path that Earth takes as it moves around the Sun is called its________.

Most air pollution comes from

When would temperature increase?

One Earth's rotation takes

Instruments used to measure air pressure are called

When climbing a high mountain, you get out of breath easily because

What has less pressure?

How many degrees is Earth's axis is tilted?

What is the name of the star that is aligned with the axis of Earth

Why does Earth have seasons?

Meteors burn up because of friction with air molecules that contain

The layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in

Where would it be easier to breathe?

The layer of our atmosphere in which weather occurs is the

An orbit path in the exosphere

Which is the coldest layer?

Which layer of the atmosphere contains all life?

Heat transfers in Mercury by

What layer of the atmosphere has the highest temperature?

Which is more dense?

The_____of Earth takes one day.

The less mass in a given volume of air, the

The water cycle can be found in what layer?

Where the temperature is very high, but not felt as heat

More direct sunlight during certain months of the year causes:

Where would you have less pressure?

When a person climbs a mountain, what is changing?

The two most abundant gases in the atmosphere are

Makes possible to tune into radio stations that originate up to 10.000 Km away

When CFCs reach the stratosphere

An aneroid barometer is different from a mercury barometer in that it

As you rise upwards in the atmosphere, air pressure

When one Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, the other Hemisphere experiences the opposite

A measure of the distance an object is above the sea level