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| What is Earth's atmosphere? | all the water on the planet |
| The gases that surround the Earth make up our | atmosphere |
| Observing a dolphin jumping out the water to get its food and returning to interact with other dolphin relate to which of the Earth's four regions | biosphere |
| Which atmospheric level contain most of the mass of Earth's atmosphere? It is where weather occurs. | troposphere |
| _____ transfers energy by electromagnetic waves | radiation |
| Carbon dioxide and water vapor are critical because they play an important role in regulating the amount of ______the atmosphere absorbs | energy |
| Which of the following is NOT true of ozone | it absorbs ultraviolet radiation |
| In which layer of Earth's atmosphere is air most likely warmed by conduction | troposphere |
| The outermost layer of the atmosphere is the | exosphere |
| The Sun shines on, and therefore warms some of Earth's surface at all time. This method of energy transfer is called | radiation |
| When a spoon is placed in a pot of hot boiling water, the molecules collide causing the spoon to become hot. This method of energy transfer is | conduction |
| Convection currents occur when warm air which is less dense _____ and cool air which is more dense _______, forming a cycle. | rises, sinks |
| The ratio of water vapor in a volume of air relative to how much water vapor that volume of air is capable of holding is | relative humidity |
| The amount of water vapor in the air is | humidity |
| What do call the temperature to which air is cooled at a constant pressure to reach saturation, at which point condensation can occur | dew point |
| A large body of air that takes on the characteristics of the area over which it forms is called a(n) | air mass |
| Maritime polar (mP) ar forms over the cold water of the North Atlantic and the North Pacific. This air is mst likely | wet and cold |
| The main types of air masses include all the following EXCEPT | actic polar |
| What would be the most likely classification for an air mass orginating over Alaska and Canada? | cP |
| Which term describes changes in air moton due to the Earth's rotation? | Coriolis effect |
