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What produces a variety of weather? |
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Combination of earth's motions and energy from the sun |
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what climate based on? pg.476 |
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climate is based on observation of weather that have been collected over many years. climate helps describe a place or region. |
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what is air a mixture of? pg.477 |
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air is a mixture of different gases and particles each with its own physical properties. the composition of air varies from time to time and place to place. |
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what two gases make up 99 percent of a dry air? pg.477 |
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Nitrogen and oxygen make up 99 percent of the volume of clean, dry air. |
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what gas play a significant role in heating the atmosphere? |
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carbon dioxide is an active absorbed of energy of energy given off by earth. |
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what is the source of all clouds and precipitation? |
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Water vapor is the source of all clouds and precipitation. |
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what are some particles that remain suspended for long periods of time? |
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sea salts from breaking waves, fine solid blown into the air, smoke and soot from fire, pollen & microorganisms lifted by the wind. |
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when do oxygen atoms split into single atoms of oxygen? |
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they split when they absorb ultraviolet radiation emitted |
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what does the ozone absorb? |
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ozone absorb harmful UV radiation from the sun. |
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what accounts for nearby half the primary pollutants by weight? |
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emission from transportation vehicles. |
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what are secondary pollutants? |
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they are not emitted directly into the air. |
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what are photo chemical reactions? |
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reaction triggered by strong sunlight. |
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what is atmospheric pressure? |
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atmospheric pressure is simply the weight of the air above. |
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how many layer is in the atmosphere divide into. |
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in what layer do most weather phenomena occurs? |
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where does most energy that drives weather and climate come from? |
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what creates wind and drives the ocean's currents? |
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it is the unequal heating of earth that creates wind and drives the ocean currents. |
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rotation is the spinning of earth about its axis. |
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revolution is the movement of earth in it orbit around the sun. |
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what are the degrees the earth is tilted? |
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what is the length of daylight determined by? |
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it is determined by earth's position in orbit. |
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what can radiant energy travel through? |
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radiant energy can travel through the vacuum of space. |
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do hot or cold objects radiant more energy? |
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hotter objects radiate more total energy per unit area than colder objects do. |
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reflection occurs when light bounce off an objects. |
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does land or water heat to higher temperature faster? |
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land heats more rapidly and to higher temperature than water. |
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what is the coast called in which winds blow from the ocean onto the shore? |
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albedo is the fraction of the total radiation that is reflected by any surface. |
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What does the extent of cloud cover influence? |
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by reducing the amount of incoming solar radiation, the maximum temperatures on a cloud. |
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what type of lines connects points of the same temperature? |
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