12 Meteorology Unit Summary - Big Ideas

This gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• ozone

• carbon dioxide

Over Geologic Time, Earth's atmospheric oxygen levels have:

• Increased

• Decreased

• Fluctuated

• Stayed at a constant %

Earth's atmosphere accumulated oxygen primarily due to:

• Land plant respiration

• Microscopic organisms' respiration

• Mamma (human) respiration

• Volcanism

The two main factors that determine the climate of a region are _____________ and ______________.

• altitude and pressure
• pressure and temperature
• temperature and precipitation
• altitude and sunlight angle

Warming effect on the air caused by heat rising from the surface of the Earth and being trapped by gases in the troposphere.

• Greenhouse Effect

• Troposphere

• Atmosphere

• Greenhouse Gases

Layer of Earth's atmosphere where most of the water vapor and carbon dioxide is found

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

Layer of Earth's atmosphere that 'warms' due to ultraviolet (UV) energy absorbed and re-emitted as heat energy.

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

Earth's ozone layer is important because it absorbs

• visible light
• ultraviolet radiation
• x-rays
• radio waves

The sun's rays are least direct

• near the poles

• near the equator

• at high altitudes

• far from the ocean

What does the term "anthropogenic" mean?

• something that is NOT caused by human activity
• a naturally occurring cause
• originating from human activity
• something that everyone should care about