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Earth Science Final
What are the major components in dry clean air.
Nitrogen and Oxygen. Nitrogen has 78.09% and Oxygen has 20.95%
List the layers of the atmopshere
troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and thermosphere
What is the Troposphere?
The troposphere is the bottom layer where the temperature increases with altitude. It is the
most dense with water vapor and clouds.
What is the Stratosphere?
In the stratosphere the temperature remains the same until about 20 kilometers. The second
layer and helps prevent us from UV radiation.
What is the Mesosphere?
The third part of the atmosphere. This layer protects us from meteors and shooting
stars..........sorta
What is the Thermosphere?
Radio waves and heats up quickly. The last part of the atmosphere.
Why do we have seasons?
Because we are on a rotational axis.
What are three measures to express humidity?
mixing ratio, relative humidity, and dew-point tempature.
List the five main types of fog.
Radioton, Advecent, Slope, Precipitation, and Steam fog
What are the five major Koppel climate subdivisions?
A, B, C, D, E
Whatn is A in the Koppel climate division?
Tropical climates
What is B in the Koppel climate division?
B is dry climates
What is C in the Koppel climate division?
Warm temperature
What is D in the Koppel climate division?
Cold temperature
What is E in the Koppel climate division?
based on percipitation-evaporation ratios
What are the categories of Hurricane damage?
Water, Mudslides, Floods, and Wind