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Our Earth
Composition of Earth
Earths systems
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Geosphere
Air/gases
water
life
land/rock
The Atmosphere layer of gas that surrounds Earth more commonly known as air.
Is this air that surrounds us considered matter? Does it weigh anything? How do you know? Think about it and decide on an answer. Talk in groups with the person who sits by you Be ready to tell the class what you decided and why.
Gases are in the atmosphere. They are things we learned about in the periodic table: Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen It is matter! Sound can travel through it.
Are some atoms bigger than others? Are their atomic weights all the same?
Do you think about Carbon Dioxide as light and floating or heavy and falling.think about the gas released from dry ice does it go up or down?
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v= F239cINIADs
Composition of Earth
Earth Has 4 main systems that interact:
The Atmosphere Mostly Nitrogen and Oxygen Water vapor is responsible for clouds and precipitation Has layers Protects us from meteors and comets, x-rays, gamma rays, ultra violet light The Hydrosphere The Biosphere The Geosphere
Atmosphere
Exosphere--
Thermosphere--
Mesosphere--
Stratosphere--
Troposphere
Exosphere
The Atmosphere
layers
Exosphere
The Atmosphere
Troposphere
Contains most clouds and weather. Temperature cools as you go higher50% of suns energy passes through, 50% is reflected back. Most of the tropospheres heat is from Earth (convection)
Atmosphere
Exosphere--
Thermosphere--
Mesosphere--
Stratosphere--
Troposphere--
Contains most clouds and weather. Temperature cools as you go higher50% of suns energy passes through, 50% is reflected back. Most of the tropospheres heat is from Earth (convection)
Among other gases there is water vapor in the troposphere. Cloudsform when air rises, cools to its dew point, and becomes saturated (moist).
Precipitation-falling
Weatherthe atmospheres condition in terms of temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and direction, humidity, and air pressure. What are different types of weather? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________
When molecules are moving rapidly, temperature is high. Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers measure air temperature.
What is the temperature like today? Hot/ Cold ______________________ Degrees Fahrenheit_______________ Degrees Celsius _________________
Convection occurs when warm air rises and cool air sinks.
Warmer air is less dense and exerts less pressure. Cooler air is more dense and exerts more pressure.
Humidity the amount of water vapor in the air Temperature affects how much moisture is in the air.
Dewpointwhen the air is holding as much water vapor as it can Relative humidity a measure of the amount of water vapor present compared to the amount that could be held at a specific temperature.
Lets cover the other layers briefly. Go back up to the graphic organizer at the top of your notes and fill in info about each layer.
Atmosphere
Exosphere--
Thermosphere--
Mesosphere--
Stratosphere--
Troposphere
The Atmosphere
Troposphere Stratosphere
10 km to 50 km contains ozone that absorbs much of the Suns ultraviolet radiation. Gets warmer as you go up.
Mesosphere Thermosphere
Atmosphere
Exosphere--
Thermosphere--
Mesosphere-
Stratosphere--10 km to 50 km ,
contains ozone that absorbs much of the Suns ultraviolet radiation. , Gets warmer as you go up.
50-85 km The coldest part of the atmosphere. It can get down to -90C in the mesosphere.
Thermosphere
Atmosphere
Exosphere--
Thermosphere--
Stratosphere--10 km to 50 km ,
contains ozone that absorbs much of the Suns ultraviolet radiation. , Gets warmer as you go up.
80-500 km Temperatures increase up to 1,700C Filters out x-rays and gamma rays from the sun. This is an image of the space shuttle as it is orbiting around the Earth. The space shuttle orbits in the thermosphere of the Earth.
Atmosphere
Exosphere--
Mesosphere--The temperature drops when you go higher, like it does in the troposphere. Coldest part of the atmosphere
Troposphere--Contains most clouds and weather., Most of the tropospheres heat is from Earth, Temperature cools about 6.5 degrees Celsius per kilometer of altitude.
Exosphere
The last layer of the atmosphere Difficult to tell where it stops and space begins Very few atoms in this layer of the atmosphere
Atmosphere
Exosphere--The last layer of the atmosphere, Difficult to
tell where it stops and space begins, Very few atoms in this layer of the atmosphere
Mesosphere--The temperature drops when you go higher, like it does in the troposphere. Coldest part of the atmosphere
Ionosphere
Within the mesosphere and thermosphere is a layer of electrically charged particles. This layer allows radio waves to travel across the country to another city.