Global Atmospheric Circulation

What response below describes "weather" accurately?

• Conditions in the atmosphere happening right now

• Long term weather patterns over a specific time frame and area

• Average amount of rainfall for summer.

• What the conditions are likely to be happening at a certain time of year in a certain location.

Select the correct order of the layers of the atmosphere

• Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere

• Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Troposphere

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere

• Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere

What layer of the atmosphere contains 75% of all the mass of atmospheric gases?

• Mesosphere

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

The Ozone Layer can be found.....

• 50-60km altitude in the Exosphere

• 20-30km altitude in the Stratosphere

• 10-20km altitude in the Troposphere

• 40-50km altitude in the Mesosphere

The most abundant gas in the Atmosphere is Nitrogen with a % of.........

• 78.1%

• 92.1%

• 71.8%

• 0.00781%

Water vapour abundancy can change from between 0.001% and 5% because......

Carbon Dioxide....

• A greenhouse gas

• Reflects outgoing radiation back to earth

• Plant respiration and growth

• All of the above

Equatorial regions receive a high amount of solar radiation

• True

• False

Why do equatorial regions receive higher amounts of solar radiation and polar regions receive less?

What are the ways that heat is redistributed from equatorial regions to the poles?

• Ocean Currents

• Atmospheric Ciruclation

• Blowing it cooler

• Ice cubes