Last week, we began Chapter 4 on Earth's atmosphere. Vocabulary for this chapter includes the following:
Lesson 1:
Lesson 2:
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Tomorrow, students will be working on the attached project. Tuesday, there will be a quiz on lesson 1. Use the questions below to reinforce what we have learned in class.
Lesson 1:
- atmosphere
- water vapor
- troposphere
- stratosphere
- ionosphere
Lesson 2:
- radiation
- conduction
- convection
- stability
- temperature inversion
Lesson 3
- wind
- trade winds
- westerlies
- polar easterlies
- jet stream
- sea breeze
- land breeze
Lesson 4
- air pollution
- acid precipitation
- photochemical smog
- particulate matter
Tomorrow, students will be working on the attached project. Tuesday, there will be a quiz on lesson 1. Use the questions below to reinforce what we have learned in class.
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1. Explain how Earth’s atmosphere developed.
2. List the major layers of Earth’s atmosphere beginning with the layer closest to Earth’s
surface.
3. What is the ionosphere? Where is it located?
4. What causes air pressure?
5. Ozone is located in two places. Name those two places. What is ozone’s effect in each
place?
2. List the major layers of Earth’s atmosphere beginning with the layer closest to Earth’s
surface.
3. What is the ionosphere? Where is it located?
4. What causes air pressure?
5. Ozone is located in two places. Name those two places. What is ozone’s effect in each
place?