Atmosphere 1

Front

What is the role of CO2 as a variable gas in the atmosphere?

Back

It causes the greenhouse effect.

Front

Which layer of the atmosphere is responsible for burning up meteors?

Back

Mesosphere

Front

What is the correct order of the atmosphere layers from Earth to space?

Back

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere.

Front

What type of heat transfer occurs through electromagnetic waves?

Back

Radiation.

Front

What type of heat transfer can occur through liquids or gases?

Back

Convection.

Front

What is the greenhouse effect?

Back

The warming of Earth's surface due to the trapping of heat by greenhouse gases like CO2.

Front

What is the primary function of the troposphere?

Back

It is where weather occurs and where most of the atmosphere's mass is located.

Front

What is the significance of the stratosphere?

Back

It contains the ozone layer, which protects Earth from harmful UV radiation.

Front

What happens in the thermosphere?

Back

It is where the auroras occur and where the International Space Station orbits.

Front

What is the exosphere?

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The outermost layer of the atmosphere, where atmospheric particles are so sparse that they can travel hundreds of kilometers without colliding.