3-2 The Atmosphere
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3-2 The Atmosphere
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The Atmosphere• A mixture of gases surrounding
the earth– Insulates the earth, maintaining a
temperature that allows living things to survive
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composition• Nitrogen – 78%• Oxygen – 21%• Other – 1% ( argon, CO2, methane CH4, H2O)• Solids: dust, soil, salt, ash, skin, hair, pollen, • bacteria, viruses, aerosols (liquid droplets)
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Pressure
• Atmosphere (gasses have mass) pulled toward earth by gravity
• Atmosphere is more dense near the surface• Pressure decreases as you increase altitude
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Layers of Atmosphere (4)-based on temperature changes
• Troposphere – nearest the earth to 18 km– Site of weather–Most dense layer– Temperature decreases as altitude
increases
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Layers of Atmosphere
• Stratosphere – 18 km – 50 km– Temperature rises as altitude rises– Contains ozone layer (traps UV energy & warms
the air). Ozone O3
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Layers of Atmosphere
• Mesophere – 50 km – 80 km– Coldest layer -93 degrees C
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Layers of Atmosphere
• Thermosphere – 80 km – 550 km– Temperatures above 2000 degrees C. N & O
absorb solar radiation. Not hot, because molecules do not strike each other & transfer heat.
– N & O absorb radiation & become charged (ions) Ions radiate light forming aurora borealis
(Northern Lights)
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Energy in the atmosphere• How is energy transferred in the atmosphere?
• What is energy?
• What forms do energy take?
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How is energy transferred?
• Heat likes to move from a heat source to a heat sink.
• Radiation is movement of energy in electromagnetic waves (light)
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Energy transferred in 3 ways:• Radiation: across space
• Conduction: flows from warm object to cold
object
• Convection: air currents unequal heating of
atmosphere
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Heating the atmosphere
• Solar energy (electromagnetic radiation) travels to earth in waves– 50% reaches the earth’s surface– 5% reflected by the surface of the earth– 20% absorbed by ozone, clouds, gases– 25% scattered & reflected by clouds & atmosphere
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Movement of air
• Convection current causes weather
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Greenhouse effect
• Gases in atmosphere (CO2, CH4, H2O, nitrous oxide) trap light energy & warms the air,
radiating heat back to earth
• Loss of greenhouse gases would cause earth to cool
• Increases in CO2 cause earth to warm (global warming)
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