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SCIENCE QUIZ WEATHER 12/10/2008

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barometer has been falling, you can expect
cloudy stormy weather
high pressure often brings __________-
fair dry weather
aneriod barometer
tight box which has most of its air pumped out air pushes down on teh box- pointer moved

HIGHER THE PRESSER HIGHER THE POINTER
mercury barometer
a hollow tube closed at one end placed END DOWN in a dish of murcury
more air pressing down, HIGHER THE COLUMN
wet air
low pressure
dry air
high pressure
who invented the barometer
evangelista torricelli
THREE UNITS air pressure is measured in
barometer
mercury barometer
aneroid barometer
magnetosphere
van allen belts
protect earth by trapping radiation
exosphere
satelites orbit here
ionosphere
contains ions
bounces rays back to earth (radio)
mesosphere
burns up meteors
stratosphere
ozone layer
harmful ray protection
troposphere
weather
what does the prefix "thermo" mean?
heat
all of the earth's weather happens where?
troposphere
the ozone layer protects us from what?
harmful uv/uvb rays
we can listen to our radio's becuase of which layer?
ionosphere
particles which have a negative or positive charge are known as WHAT?
ions
the ozone layer is composted primarily of what element?
oxygen
which layer contains water vapor and dust particles
troposphere
which layer is the warmest?
exosphere
which layer is the coldest?
mesosphere
what does the jet stream do?
strong winds "steer" the weather
where can we find the jet stream?
stratosphere
which layer do meteors burn up in?
mesosphere
how much of the earth's atmosphere is oxygen?
21%
how much of the earth's atmosphere is nitrogen?
78%
the atmosphere is divided into layers according to changes in what?
TEMPERATURE
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