10.10: Atmospheric Processes- Challenge 2
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- 1. The layer of the atmosphere in which all living things exist and that which allows you to breathe is the ___.
- troposphere
- 2. If a mountaintop is 10,000 ft. higher than the valley below, we can expect the temperature to be ___.
- 36 degrees Fahrenheit lower
- 3. All of the wind, rain, and snow on Earth, as well as all of the air you breathe, is in the ___.
- troposphere
- 4. The ozone layer is part of the ___, where the concentration of ozone is high.
- stratosphere
- 5. The ozone layer is found between ___ and ___ in altitude.
- 15 km; 30 km
- 6. Why is air in the stratosphere stable?
- Warmer air lies above cooler air
- 7. The temperature in the mesosphere ___ with altitude.
- decreases
- 8. Temperatures in the ___ and the ___ decrease with altitude
- thermosphere; mesosphere
- 9. What type of clouds form in the mesosphere?
- noctilucent
- 10. Medium and high frequency radio waves are reflected back to Earth by the ___.
- ionosphere
- 11. The Van Allen radiation belts are ___.
- regions of ionized particles