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Jeopardy
Layers of the
Atmosphere
Heat Transfer
Things You Can’t
See
Pollution Hot Hot Hot
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Layers of the Atmosphere : 40
• What protects us from MOST of the ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun?
Heat Transfer: 80• The greenhouse gases trap warm
air and continue to warm the air in the troposphere by this form of heat transfer
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. OrAs 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.
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;
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Things you can’t see : 100
• Which of these are TRUE statements for ultraviolet (UV) light? – Absorbed by the ozone layer– Less energy than visible light– Warms the materials that absorb it– Can cause skin cancer
• 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.
HOT HOT HOT : 40
•True or False? On a summer night, downtown Phoenix cools off slower than Ahwatukee.
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?– They have more energy than visible light– They warm materials that absorb it– They cause skin cancer– They are absorbed by the ozone layer