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    M1 Atmosphere Hunt

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    This document provides a series of questions for students to answer about the atmosphere. It is divided into 8 parts covering topics like the composition of the atmosphere, the different layers of the atmosphere including the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. Other topics addressed include the ozone layer, greenhouse gases, and different methods of heat transfer such as conduction, convection and radiation. Students are directed to use provided websites to research the answers and write them on the document.

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    This document provides a series of questions for students to answer about the atmosphere. It is divided into 8 parts covering topics like the composition of the atmosphere, the different layers of the atmosphere including the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. Other topics addressed include the ozone layer, greenhouse gases, and different methods of heat transfer such as conduction, convection and radiation. Students are directed to use provided websites to research the answers and write them on the document.

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    This document provides a series of questions for students to answer about the atmosphere. It is divided into 8 parts covering topics like the composition of the atmosphere, the different layers of the atmosphere including the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. Other topics addressed include the ozone layer, greenhouse gases, and different methods of heat transfer such as conduction, convection and radiation. Students are directed to use provided websites to research the answers and write them on the document.

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    M1 Atmosphere Hunt

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    M1: Atmosphere Scavenger Hunt Name __________________________

    Directions: You will use the following websites to answer questions. This is to be HANDWRITTEN ON
    THIS PAPER and turned into the Tray.

    Part 1 - Introduction NOVA Online The Atmosphere

    1. What is the atmosphere?

    2. How high does the atmosphere extend from the earth?

    3. What are the five layers of the atmosphere?


    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.

    4. What are the three main gases that make up the atmosphere? Be sure to list the percentages for each gas.
    1.
    2.
    3.

    5. In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?

    6. Does the temperature rise or drop in the troposphere? ______________________


    Does the temperature rise or drop in the stratosphere? ______________________
    Does the temperature rise or drop in the mesosphere? ______________________
    Does the temperature rise or drop in the thermosphere? ______________________

    Part 2 – “The Ozone Layer” Ozone Layer


    7. What is ozone?

    8. What is the ozone layer & why is it important?

    9. What are CFC’s & how is the Ozone layer getting damaged?
    Part 3 – Atmosphere Composition NOAA- Atmosphere
    10. The atmosphere is a cloud of what?

    11. What are the main 4 gasses that make up our atmosphere? (Provide the % from the table)

    12. What's the significance of nitrogen?

    13. What's the significance of oxygen?

    14. List 5 other gasses also found in our atmosphere?

    Part 4- Layers of the Atmosphere National Weather Service- Layers of Atmosphere


    15. In what layer do space shuttles fly?

    16. Which layer of the atmosphere is the coldest? ______________________


    Which layer of the atmosphere is the hottest? ______________________

    17. Click on the ionosphere link. Where is the ionosphere located?

    18. What important quality does the ionosphere have?

    19. What is the exosphere?

    20. What is the boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere called? ____________________
    What is the boundary between the stratosphere and mesosphere called? ___________________
    What is the boundary between the mesosphere and thermosphere called? ___________________

    21. In what layer do weather balloons fly?

    22. Where do planes and jets fly?

    23. Why do meteors burn up in the mesosphere?

    This is to be HANDWRITTEN ON THIS PAPER and turned into the Tray.


    24. Where do the auroras occur?

    25. Where do space shuttles fly?

    Part 5 – “Greenhouse Effect” NASA- Greenhouse Effect


    26. What is the greenhouse effect?

    27. Is the greenhouse effect always a bad thing? What could make it a bad thing?

    28. Are humans causing the increase in greenhouse gases? How?

    29. What can we do to stop this?

    Part 6- Greenhouse Gases NASA Greenhouse Gases

    30. What are the 6 listed greenhouse gases?

    31. Fill in the chart below by reading and clicking to flip over each of the greenhouse gases information cards
    Greenhouse Gas Positive Role (Front of card) Negative Role (Back of card)
    Part 7 - Heat Energy on Earth UCAR Heat Transfer

    32. Draw and Label the Heat Transfer Diagram below

    33. What are the 3 ways heat energy is transferred on Earth?

    34. Looking at the diagram you’ve drawn, explain in your own words how the following work:
    1. What is conduction?

    2. What is convection?

    3. What is radiation?

    Part 8 - Conduction UCAR Conduction


    35. What is conduction?

    36. Where does conduction occur more readily? Explain why.

    37. What materials are good conductors of heat? What materials are poor conductors?

    38. How does conductive heat transfer impact our atmosphere?

    39. How does conduction work in daylight & night time?

    40. How does conduction work on a clear sunny day?

    This is to be HANDWRITTEN ON THIS PAPER and turned into the Tray.

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