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Jeopardy
Atmosphere & Heat Transfer
Jeopardy
Layers of the Heat Transfer
Atmosphere
Things You
Can’t See
Pollution
Hot Hot Hot
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Layers of the Atmosphere: 20
• What layer of the earth’s
atmosphere are we in??
Troposphere
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Layers of the Atmosphere : 40
• What protects us from MOST of the
ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun?
The ozone layer
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Layers of the Atmosphere : 60
• What is the COLDEST layer of
earth’s atmosphere?
Mesosphere
(Hint: don’t mess with the mesosphere; it’s
super cold!)
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Layers of the Atmosphere : 80
• Where do most meteors burn
up?
The
thermosphere
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Layers of the Atmosphere : 100
• This layer of earth’s atmosphere
is the HOTTEST!
The Thermosphere
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Heat Transfer: 20
• Heat that moves through gas or
liquids
Convection
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Heat Transfer: 40
• Heat that moves through solids
that are touching.
Conduction
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Heat Transfer: 60
The earth’s surfaces are
heated by this form of heat
transfer
Radiation
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Heat Transfer: 80
• The greenhouse gases trap warm air
and continue to warm the air in the
troposphere by this form of heat
transfer
Convection
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Heat Transfer: 100
• Waves that can travel
through space
Radiation
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Things you can’t see: 20
• What is ozone made of?
3 molecules of
oxygen
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Things you can’t see : 40
Fill in the blanks to the make the
statement true:
As elevation _______ (increases or decreases?),
air density _________(increases or decreases?).
As elevation increases, air density
decreases.
Or
As elevation decreases, air density
increases.
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Things you can’t see : 60
• Name the layers of earth’s
atmosphere starting with the
layer closest to the earth.
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Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosophere
Thermosphere
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Things you can’t see: 80
• Name the 3 most abundant gases we
discussed in class that are present in
our atmosphere from most to least.
• Nitrogen (78%)
• Oxygen (21%)
• Carbon Dioxide (.03%)
• ***Argon, helium, methane, hydrogen, etc; are
also present in small amounts
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Things you can’t see : 100
• Which of these are TRUE statements for ultraviolet
(UV) light?
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Absorbed by the ozone layer
Less energy than visible light
Warms the materials that absorb it
Can cause skin cancer
– Absorbed by the ozone layer
– Can cause skin cancer
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Pollution: 20
• Name 2 gas pollutants
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Carbon Dioxide
Methane
Ozone
Sulfur Oxide
Nitrogen Oxides
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Pollution: 40
• Name 2 particulate pollutants.
• Dust
• Dirt
• Pollen
• Salt
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Pollution: 60
• What can we expect to happen
if greenhouse gases increase?
Temperatures will
likely increase
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Pollution: 80
• What is “smog”?
A “fog” of
smoke or
pollution!
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Pollution: 100
• List 3 things that can produce
greenhouse gases.
• Burning fossil fuels*
• Methane from cattle
• Landfills
• Nitrous oxide from fertilizers
*Burning in general
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HOT HOT HOT: 20
• True or False? Daytime
temperature in downtown
Phoenix are usually hotter than
Ahwatukee.
True
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HOT HOT HOT : 40
• True or False? On a summer
night, downtown Phoenix cools
off slower than Ahwatukee.
True
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HOT HOT HOT : 60
• What keeps the earth warm and
helps regulate our temperatures
here on earth?
Greenhouse Effect
(Earth would be a frigid planet, with an average
temperature around zero degrees Fahrenheit
instead of the 60 degrees it is today!)
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HOT HOT HOT : 80
• Which are true of infrared
radiation?
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They
They
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have more energy than visible light
warm materials that absorb it
cause skin cancer
are absorbed by the ozone layer
– They warm materials that absorb it
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HOT HOT HOT : 100
• What causes the Urban Heat
Island?
• Cities often have a lot of materials
that absorb and hold radiant
energy such as dark pavement &
buildings. Cities often have less
vegetation or green spaces which
cool off faster and provide shade.
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