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Topic: Weather I. The atmosphere A. The atmosphere is the ocean of gases, held in by gravity, that surrounds our planet. It is a mixture of gases. – Page 14 ESRT has a graph of the characteristics that change with altitude. – Page 1 shows us that the lowest level, called the troposphere, is primarily nitrogen and oxygen. – Water vapor is found ALMOST only in the troposphere, which is where ‘weather’ occurs. Topic: weather

B. Using p. 14 of the ESRT, notice the following: – the atmosphere is divided according to the way in which termperature changes with altitude. – Atmospheric pressure steadily decreases with altitude. The greatest pressure is at sea level, due to the weight of overlying molecules. – Water vapor concentrations are greatest at sea level, and almost nonexistent above the tropopause. Topic: weather

C. The levels of the atmosphere. – The troposphere has the greatest concentration of water vapor and the greatest pressure. – The stratosphere contains ozone, which absorbs ultraviolet (uv) rays, causing it to warm with increases in altitude. – Ozone is a form of oxygen, O 3 very different than breathable oxygen,O 2. – ultraviolet light is a form of very powerful electromagnetic energy. Topic: weather

D. Practice – What is the temperature range of each of the layers? – What is the altitude of the tropopause? – In what layer is the air pressure about 0.2 atm? – What is the pressure at sea level? – What is the temperature at a height of 25 miles? – What level controls incoming ultraviolet light? Topic: weather

Classzone.com for weather for the atmosphere go to: tigations/es1702/es1702page01.cfm for atmosphere questions Topic: weather