Atmosphere Bellwork

Bellwork Draw and fill in the pie graph: An _________ is a mixture of gases that surrounds a planet ____ _______ is the weight of the air in the atmosphere pressing down on the Earth. _______ keeps our atmosphere and air from drifting out into space Answer Key Atmosphere 79% 20% 1% Air pressure gravity

Bellwork In the troposphere, temperature _____with elevation In the stratosphere, temperature ______with elevation The _____layer is found in the stratosphere. The layer that contains 75% of our air and our weather is called is the________. Earth’s atmosphere is divided up into layers that are based upon their _____ Draw the diagram and label each layer with temperature curve Answer Key increases ozone decreases troposphere Temperature stratosphere

Bellwork Because the earth is round, the earth is heated ________. Solar radiation is strongest or more direct intense at the ______. Solar Radiation is weakest and more indirect at the ______. This creates a temperature imbalance—_____ equator and _______ poles The earth moves heat from the equator to the poles by _______. As a result, our ______ and weather develop Answer Key Cold Wind Unequally Convection Poles Hot equator

Bellwork Our atmosphere is made of 21%_____ and 78% _____ Releasing _____ into our atmosphere can destroy the ozone layer. We live in the ____ where all our weather takes place. The _____ is a fast high altitude wind ____% of radiation form the sun is absorbed and ___% is reflected 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%

_____ reflects the most light. Fill the table out Ocean Land 8 AM temp 12 PM temp 4 PM temp 8 PM temp _____ 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) Answer Key land Sea snow Sea breeze Land breeze Convection

Bellwork Radiation is more ____at the equator and more ____out at the poles, this creates warm temperatures near the ____ and cold temperatures near the____ 2) At the _____hot air rises along the equator 3) Steady winds called the____ move our weather and storms across the Unites States (we live in them) 4) 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 Layer _____ contains the space shuttle and is the boundary between space and our atmosphere Layer _____ contains our weather Layer _____ contains the ozone layer Layer_____ causes meteors to burn up. Earth’s atmosphere is divided up into layers that are based upon their _____ Every time you breath, you take in 21 % _____ and 78%______ Answer Bank oxygen Temperature nitrogen

Bellwork The ______ is the zone around the equator where hot air rises. The _______ blow from east to west and lie between 0 and 30 degrees latitude. The _______ blow from west to east and lie between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. The _______ blow from east to west and lie between 60 and 90 degrees latitude. The ______ blow our weather across the united states (west to east) Answer Key Cold westerlies Wind doldrums Convection Poles tradewinds easterlies