1. Name the five layers of the atmosphere:
a. __trophosphere______________________________________
b. ___stratosphere_____________________________________
c. __mesosphere______________________________________
d. __thermosphere______________________________________
e. __exosphere______________________________________ (some scientist consider this layer to be part of space)
2. Click on the words “atmosphere” and each layer of the atmosphere to fill in the blanks below:
a. What are the two main gases found in the atmosphere?
1. ___nitrogen_____________________________________
2. ____oxygen____________________________________
b. The troposphere is the ______lowest__________________________ region of the Earth's atmosphere and is where _____weather_______________________________ occurs.
c. The stratosphere contains the _______ozone layer_____________________________ which absorbs ___________________harmful rays from sun________________________. Look at the diagram: ________jets____________________ and _________aircrafts___________________ can fly in the stratosphere.
d. As you go higher in the mesosphere, the temperature becomes ____cooler________________. Scientists do not know much about the mesosphere, but they do know that ____meteors_____________________ burn up in this layer.
e. The thermosphere contains a layer of charged particles called the ______auroras_______________________ which makes communication by _______shuttles_______________ possible and is home to the _____auroraborialis_________________ (Northern Lights). This is the layer in which __________________shuttles______________________________ fly.
f. In the exosphere the atmosphere is very ___thin____________ as it begins to fade into space.
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/atmosphere/index.html
3. Look at the diagram and click “layer Names – Show It.” List the height span of each layer:
a. Troposphere __________0-12_______10km_______________________
b. Stratosphere __________12-50_____30km_________________________
c. Mesosphere ___________50-85_____70km________________________
d. Thermosphere _________85-600____90km___________________________
4. Click “Temperatures – Show it”. What happens to the temperature in each layer (does it get hotter or colder?)?
a. Troposphere _______-60c -76f_________________________________
b. Stratosphere ________-50c -36f________________________________
c. Mesosphere _________-30c -36f_______________________________
d. Thermosphere _____-100c -148f___________________________________
Heat Transfer
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=SCE304
5. Conduction is the transfer of heat between _________substances of that rae in direct contact of each other____________________________________________.
6. Why does the hand need an oven mitt in order to pick up the pot from the stove? _______________because it heats up__________________________________________________________________________
7. List four good conductors and four poor conductors:
Good Poor
1. _____glass____________________ 1. ____________silver ____________________________
2. ______plastic______________________ 2. __________copper______________________________
3. _______wood________________________ 3. _________gold_______________________________
4. ________rubber__________________ 4. __________aluminum______________________________
8. Convection is the up and down movement of ______gasses_____________ and __liquids________________ caused by heat transfer.
9. What happens to the air as the stove heats it? __________radiation______heats up__________________________________________________________________________
11. What happens to the air as it gets farther from the heat source? __________________becomes cooler________________________________________________________________________
12. List four examples of convection:
1. _____boiling water___________________________________________________________________________________
2. __ice melting______________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____steaming cup of hot tea____________________________________________________________________________________
4. ____hot air baloon____________________________________________________________________________________
13. When _______heat__________________________________________ travel through space it is called radiation
14. What happens to the temperature of the house as the sun’s radiant energy touches it?
___________________gets cool and warmer_______________________
15. List three examples of radiation:
1. _____x-rays ___________________
2. ____microwaves___________________________
3. ______stoves________________________
a. __trophosphere______________________________________
b. ___stratosphere_____________________________________
c. __mesosphere______________________________________
d. __thermosphere______________________________________
e. __exosphere______________________________________ (some scientist consider this layer to be part of space)
2. Click on the words “atmosphere” and each layer of the atmosphere to fill in the blanks below:
a. What are the two main gases found in the atmosphere?
1. ___nitrogen_____________________________________
2. ____oxygen____________________________________
b. The troposphere is the ______lowest__________________________ region of the Earth's atmosphere and is where _____weather_______________________________ occurs.
c. The stratosphere contains the _______ozone layer_____________________________ which absorbs ___________________harmful rays from sun________________________. Look at the diagram: ________jets____________________ and _________aircrafts___________________ can fly in the stratosphere.
d. As you go higher in the mesosphere, the temperature becomes ____cooler________________. Scientists do not know much about the mesosphere, but they do know that ____meteors_____________________ burn up in this layer.
e. The thermosphere contains a layer of charged particles called the ______auroras_______________________ which makes communication by _______shuttles_______________ possible and is home to the _____auroraborialis_________________ (Northern Lights). This is the layer in which __________________shuttles______________________________ fly.
f. In the exosphere the atmosphere is very ___thin____________ as it begins to fade into space.
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/atmosphere/index.html
3. Look at the diagram and click “layer Names – Show It.” List the height span of each layer:
a. Troposphere __________0-12_______10km_______________________
b. Stratosphere __________12-50_____30km_________________________
c. Mesosphere ___________50-85_____70km________________________
d. Thermosphere _________85-600____90km___________________________
4. Click “Temperatures – Show it”. What happens to the temperature in each layer (does it get hotter or colder?)?
a. Troposphere _______-60c -76f_________________________________
b. Stratosphere ________-50c -36f________________________________
c. Mesosphere _________-30c -36f_______________________________
d. Thermosphere _____-100c -148f___________________________________
Heat Transfer
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=SCE304
5. Conduction is the transfer of heat between _________substances of that rae in direct contact of each other____________________________________________.
6. Why does the hand need an oven mitt in order to pick up the pot from the stove? _______________because it heats up__________________________________________________________________________
7. List four good conductors and four poor conductors:
Good Poor
1. _____glass____________________ 1. ____________silver ____________________________
2. ______plastic______________________ 2. __________copper______________________________
3. _______wood________________________ 3. _________gold_______________________________
4. ________rubber__________________ 4. __________aluminum______________________________
8. Convection is the up and down movement of ______gasses_____________ and __liquids________________ caused by heat transfer.
9. What happens to the air as the stove heats it? __________radiation______heats up__________________________________________________________________________
11. What happens to the air as it gets farther from the heat source? __________________becomes cooler________________________________________________________________________
12. List four examples of convection:
1. _____boiling water___________________________________________________________________________________
2. __ice melting______________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____steaming cup of hot tea____________________________________________________________________________________
4. ____hot air baloon____________________________________________________________________________________
13. When _______heat__________________________________________ travel through space it is called radiation
14. What happens to the temperature of the house as the sun’s radiant energy touches it?
___________________gets cool and warmer_______________________
15. List three examples of radiation:
1. _____x-rays ___________________
2. ____microwaves___________________________
3. ______stoves________________________
Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy clouds blown by high winds into long streamers. They are considered "high clouds" forming above 6000 m (20,000 ft). Cirrus clouds usually move across the sky from west to east. They generally mean fair to pleasant weather.
cloud formation
*oragraphic lifting result of wind being forced up wards
super high cirro
mid leavele alto
super low strato
wispy cirrus
fluffy plump cumulus
sheet stratus
low grey nimbus
*oragraphic lifting result of wind being forced up wards
super high cirro
mid leavele alto
super low strato
wispy cirrus
fluffy plump cumulus
sheet stratus
low grey nimbus