Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Chapter 7 the
atmosphere
- section 1:
the air
around
you
- The atmosphere
protects us from
dangerous things
from space
- air quality is poor
- improving air
quality is
important
- the atmosphere is
made of many
different gasses
- section 2 : air
pressure
- properties of air
are density and
pressure
- measuring
air pressure
tools
Anmerkungen:
- mercury barometers, aneroid barometer,
- altitude affects air
pressure and density
- layers of the atmosphere
Anmerkungen:
- thermosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere
- Energy in the
atmosphere
- energy from the sun
Anmerkungen:
- visible light, non-visible radiation
- energy in the
atmosphere
Anmerkungen:
- Some sunlight is absorbed or reflected by the atmosphere.
- Energy at earth
surface
Anmerkungen:
- When earths surface is heated, it radiates most of the energy back into the atmosphere as infrared radiation
- Heat transfer in the atmosphere
- thermal energy and temperature
Anmerkungen:
- heat is measured with a thermometer in degrees of celcius or farenhight
- how is heat transfered
Anmerkungen:
- radiation
conduction
convection
heating the troposphere
- Winds
- what is wind
Anmerkungen:
- winds are caused by differences in the air pressure.
- wind is measured by a anemometer
- wind chill factor makes you colder than the actual temprature
- local wind
Anmerkungen:
- global winds
Anmerkungen:
- global convection currents
the coriolis effect
- global wind belts
Anmerkungen:
- doldrums
horse latitudes
trade winds
prevailing westerlies
polar easterlies
jet steams