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Composition Earth Science / Mr. Bimber
Earth’s Atmosphere Composition Earth Science / Mr. Bimber
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What’s in the air? The atmosphere is: 78% nitrogen 21% oxygen 1% argon
0.04% carbon dioxide Varying amounts of: water vapor pollutants dust
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What are the different layers?
Outer Space (Exosphere) Thermosphere Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere Solid earth
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Troposphere Has most of the air Higher it’s cooler
Most clouds are here Storms happen here 9-16 kilometers high Bottom layer
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Stratosphere Second lowest layer 10-50 kilometers high
Has cool, dry air Above the clouds Higher its warmer Ozone layer heats it Some planes fly here
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Mesosphere “meso” means middle 50-90 kilometers high
Higher it’s cooler again Top is -110 Fahrenheit
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Thermosphere Above Mesosphere About 100 kilometers
Friction with solar wind causes “northern lights” Higher it’s warmer again “thermo” means hot Top is 1,800 Fahrenheit
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Exosphere Top layer Above 100 kilometers Fades out to nothing
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How was our atmosphere formed?
Comets and meteors Earth melted inside Volcanoes erupted Gases Steam Rivers, lakes, oceans Plants Released oxygen First animals Life possible on land
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Is our atmosphere changing?
Big meteors Fires, tidal wave Dust Block sunlight Cools the planet Extinction Dinosaurs Us? Industry (humans) CFCs Ozone hole Acid rain Smog Carbon dioxide climate change
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Why are there layers? Temperature changes: Outer Space Cooling Heating
Solid Earth
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How does heat move? Conduction Convection Radiation
Atoms bump each other. Convection Hot atoms expand and flow upward Radiation Waves travel through space
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Conduction Heat = energy of atoms vibrating.
When fast moving atoms speed up their slow neighbors, that’s conduction. Mostly solids, liquids Metals conduct heat faster than wood.
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Convection Hot gases and liquids expand and float up.
Cold gases and liquids shrink, and sink. Heat travel by flowing atoms is called convection. “Heat rises” - that’s why flames point upward.
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Radiation Heat can travel in waves, like light.
This is called radiation. Radiation from the sun is called insolation (short for INcoming SOLar radiATION ) Earth radiates some heat out to space.
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Heat flows through the atmosphere
Temperature changes differently in each layer. The air is heated: At ground level In the Ozone layer By friction with solar wind
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Heat in the Atmosphere The balance and flow of heat energy in the atmosphere Causes weather Protects life on earth
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