Transcript Atmosphere Bellwork

Atmosphere Bellwork
Bellwork
1) Draw and fill in the pie graph:
2) An _________ is a mixture of
gases that surrounds a planet
3) ____ _______ is the weight of
the air in the atmosphere
pressing down on the Earth.
4) _______ keeps our atmosphere
and air from drifting out into space
Answer Key
Atmosphere
79%
20%
1%
Air pressure
gravity
Bellwork
1) In the troposphere, temperature _____with
elevation
2) In the stratosphere, temperature ______with
elevation
3) The _____layer is found in the stratosphere.
4) The layer that contains 75% of our air and
our weather is called is the________.
5) Earth’s atmosphere is
divided up into layers that
are based upon their _____
6) Draw the diagram and
label each layer
with temperature curve
Answer Key
increases
ozone
decreases
increases
troposphere
Temperature
stratosphere
Bellwork
1) Because the earth is round, the earth is
heated ________.
2) Solar radiation is strongest or more direct
intense at the ______.
3) Solar Radiation is weakest and more
indirect at the ______.
4) This creates a temperature imbalance—
_____ equator and _______ poles
5) The earth moves heat from the equator to
the poles by _______.
6) As a result, our ______ and weather
develop
Answer Key
Cold
Wind
Unequally
Convection
Poles
Hot
equator
Bellwork
1)
Our atmosphere is made of 21%_____ and
78% _____
2) Releasing _____ into our atmosphere can
destroy the ozone layer.
3) We live in the ____ where all our weather
takes place.
4) The _____ is a fast high altitude wind
5) ____% of radiation form the sun is absorbed
and ___% is reflected
6) The diagram shows
a ______ breeze
7) ___ is a human pollutant
Answer Key
SMOG
oxygen
CFC’s
Jet stream
Ozone
Sea
land
70%
nitrogen
troposphere
30%
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
_____ reflects the most
light.
Uneven cooling and
heating rates create
_____ & _____ breezes
A ___ ______ occurs
during the day when air
from the ocean moves
in over land
A ___ ______ occurs at
night when air from the
land moves towards the
ocean
Sea breezes and land
breezes transfer heat
by_______.
6)
Fill the
table out
Ocean
Land
8 AM
temp
12 PM
temp
4 PM
temp
8 PM
temp
Answer Key
land
Sea
snow
Sea breeze
Land breeze
Convection
Bellwork
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
Radiation is more ____at the equator and
more ____out at the poles, this creates
warm temperatures near the ____ and cold
temperatures near the____
At the _____hot air rises along the equator
Steady winds called the____ move our
weather and storms across the Unites
States (we live in them)
The ______ effect causes our winds to curve
or deflect
Ozone in the stratosphere is important
because it ______ UV radiation
Land heats up and cools more quickly than
water creating _____ and ____ breezes
Answer Key
absorbs
Equator
sea
Doldrums
Coriolis
land
direct
Poles
Westerlies
indirect
Bellwork
1. Layer _____ contains the space shuttle
and is the boundary between space
and our atmosphere
2. Layer _____ contains our weather
3. Layer _____ contains the ozone layer
4. Layer_____ causes meteors to burn
up.
5. Earth’s atmosphere is divided up into
layers that are based upon their _____
6. Every time you breath, you take in 21
% _____ and 78%______
Answer Bank
oxygen
Temperature
nitrogen
Bellwork
1) The ______ is the zone around the
equator where hot air rises.
2) The _______ blow from east to west
and lie between 0 and 30 degrees
latitude.
3) The _______ blow from west to east
and lie between 30 and 60 degrees
latitude.
4) The _______ blow from east to west
and lie between 60 and 90 degrees
latitude.
5) The ______ blow our weather across
the united states (west to east)
Answer Key
Cold
westerlies
Wind
doldrums
Convection
Poles
tradewinds
easterlies