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Row What is the most abundant gas that humans breathe? –Nitrogen

Row What type of pollution acualy can wear away a metal statue? –Acid Rain

Row T or F. Air pressure differences have a great deal to do with how winds form –T–T

Row What is the result of unequal heating within a small area? –Local Wind

Row What is the single biggest polluter on our planet? –Automobiles

Row Name the atmosphere level in which we live? –Troposphere

Row What gas is 21% of our atmosphere? –oxygen

Row Winds that blow steadily from specific direction over long distances –Global winds

Row What main gas is burned by the sun? –Hydrogen

Row What is the biggest factor or reason why the sun heats unequally? –The angle of the sun

Row The atmosphere layer where meteoroids burns up. –Mesosphere

Row The flow of air from an ocean or lake towards land –Sea breeze

Row The transfer of heat by movement of a fluid –convection

Row Is hot or cold air less dense? –hot

Row The elevation above sea level. –Altitude

Row The condition of the earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place –weather

Row The direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves –Radiation

Row A force that is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area –Air pressure

Row Harmful substances that humans can create that may be found in the air, soil or water. –pollutants

Row The many layers of gases that surround earth. –Atmosphere

Row The direct transfer of heat between two substances touching –Conduction

Row What is the percentage of Nigtrogen in the atmosphere –78%

Row The circulating flow of air from land to a body of water –Land Breeze

Row Carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and sulfur dioxide can all result from burning what? –Fossil Fuels

Row T or F. Ozone gases found low to the ground can actually kill or harm plant and wildlife? –True

Row Some gas molecules absorb and then reflect heat back to the planet’s surface. What is this called? –Greenhouse effect

Row Of all the atmospheric layers, which one gets the coldest? –Thermosphere

Row The layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in what? –Temperature

Row Are forest fires a major and consistent cause of air pollution? –No

Row Nuclear reaction on the sun give off both light and what? –heat

Row The type of radiant energy that heats the earth is what? –Infrared

Row What kind of currents allow warm air to rise and cool air to fall –convection

Row What effects causes wind to move in the direction that it does –Coriolis

Row The atmospheric layer in which the layer of ozone gases exists? –Stratosphere

Row These rays from the sun can hurt your eyes or burn your skin –Ultraviolet

Final Jeopardy Colleges

Final Jeopardy What is the best school to go to –Michigan State.