1. Atmosphere Jeopardy Review
Atmospheric Composition
Atmospheric Structure
Heating the Atmosphere
Temperature Controls
Hodge Podge 10 20 30 40 50

2. What is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere?
Category 1 – 10
Nitrogen

3. Which gas makes up 21% of our atmosphere?
Category 1 – 20
Oxygen

4. Which gas is the source of all the clouds and precipitation?
Category
Water Vapor

5. When 3 oxygen atoms combine together, what is it called?
Category
Ozone

6. Why is the ozone important?
Category
Protects us from UV rays by absorbing them

7. Name the 4 layers of the atmosphere?
Category
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, & Thermosphere

8. In which layers does temperature decrease with increase height?
Category
Troposphere, Mesosphere

9. Which layer do we live in?
Category 2 – 30
Troposphere

10. Which atmospheric layer is the ozone located ?
Category 2 – 40
Stratosphere

11. All important weather phenomena happens in which atmospheric layer?
Category 2 – 50
Troposphere

12. What are the 3 methods of heat transfer?
Category
Conduction, Convection, & Radiation

13. In which mechanism of heat transfer is there a circular motion of matter?
Category
Convection

14. In which mechanism does heat travel through materials from the higher temperature to the lower temperature?
Category
Conduction

15. What is the process by which light is bounced back in all directions ?
Category
Scattering

16. What is the process by which light is bounced back with the same intensity?
Category
Reflection

17. How does a higher altitude affect your temperature?
Category
Lower temp.

18. Does land or water heat faster?
Category
Land

19. What are lines, on a map, that connect values of equal temperatures?
Category
Isotherms

20. The fraction of total radiation that is reflected by any surface
Category
Albedo

21. During the evening, clouds act as a blanket by _________ heat.
Category
Absorbing

22. Name the 4 major spheres of the Earth.
Category
Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere, & Biosphere

23. The observation of weather over many years.
Category
Climate

24. Refers to the state of the atmosphere at any given time and place.
Category
Weather

25. What is a measure of the average kinetic energy in a substance?
Category
Temperature

26. Energy transferred from one object to another because of a difference in their temperature .
Category
Heat