Atmosphere and Pressure Review Game Show

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Atmosphere and Pressure Review Game Show
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Composition of the Atmosphere for 100

• About 99 of air is composed of nitrogen and this
  gas

What is oxygen?
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Composition of the Atmosphere for 200

• The amount of this gas in the air varies
  depending on the humidity

What is water vapor
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Composition of the Atmosphere for 300

• Air contains tiny particles of dust and this
  particle from ocean spray

What is salt?
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Composition of the Atmosphere for 400

• A gas in the air formed by the addition of an
  oxygen atom to an oxygen molecule

What is ozone?
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Composition of the Atmosphere for 500

• Besides nitrogen and oxygen, the remaining 1 of
  air is made of argon and this

What is carbon dioxide?
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Structure of the Atmosphere for 100

• The atmospheric layer closest to Earths surface

What is troposphere?
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Structure of the Atmosphere for 200

• In the troposphere, temperature does this the
  higher you go

What is decreases?
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Structure of the Atmosphere for 300

• Ozone is present in this layer, above the
  troposphere

What is stratosphere?
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Structure of the Atmosphere for 400

• The boundary between the stratosphere and the
  next highest layer

What is stratosphere?
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Structure of the Atmosphere for 500

• Part of the thermosphere made of electrically
  charged particles

What is ionosphere?
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Heat in the Atmosphere for 100

• The source of energy that enters the atmosphere
  from outer space

What is the sun?
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Heat in the Atmosphere for 200

• The transfer of energy through space by visible
  light and other electromagnetic waves

What is radiation?
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Heat in the Atmosphere for 300

• The transfer of energy that occurs when molecules
  or atoms collide

What is conduction?
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Heat in the Atmosphere for 400

• The transfer of energy through rising and sinking
  currents

What is convection?
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Heat in the Atmosphere for 500

• The energy transfer that occurs because of a
  difference in temperature between substances

What is heat?
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Air pressure for 100

• As elevation increases aire pressure does this

What is decreases?
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Air pressure for 200

• An instrument used to measure air pressure

What is barometer?
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Air pressure for 300

• As temperature decreases, air pressure does this

What is increases?
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Air pressure for 400

• A line on a weather map that joins points of
  equal air pressure

What is isobars?
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Air pressure for 500

• A unit of measure for air pressure used on
  weather maps

What is milibars?
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Wind for 100

• Wind in air that blows from areas of high
  pressure to areas of this

What is low pressure?
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Wind for 200

• Global winds that usually blow from the same
  direction

What is prevailing winds?
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Wind for 300

• A local wind that blows from the ocean toward the
  shore

What is sea breeze?
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Wind for 400

• Narrow bands of high altitude high speed winds

What is Jet streams?
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Wind for 500

• The effect of Earths rotation that causes wind
  to deflect to the right or the left

What is the coriolis effect?
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