Effects of Atmosphere

What is an interacton that happens between the hydrosphere and the geosphere that you see in this image?

What did an interac!on between the atmosphere and hydrosphere produce in this image?

How long does weather stay and climate stay ?

On a hot summer day, you observe water droplets forming on the outside of a glass that holds your cold drink. Which of Earth’s systems are interac!ng to form these water droplets?

• biosphere and atmosphere

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• geosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere

What force drives precipitation?

• Earth’s rotation
• gravity
• magnetic fields
•  electricity

What would happen if the Earth had no atmosphere, as in no air?

• No life or weather
• It would be the same as now just a little harder to breathe

What device is used by meteorologists to monitor cloud movement over great distances?

• Direct observation
• Doppler radar
• Weather maps
• Weather satellites

When liquid water gains enough heat energy it will--- 

• precipitate
• condense
• run-off
• evaporate

Which is not true of the troposphere?

• All weather occurs here.
• Temperature decreases as altitude increases.
• Satellites orbit here
• The air is heated from the ground.

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the most water? 

• mesosphere
• troposphere
• stratosphere
• thermosphere