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4.04 Weather Balloon Formative

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Please watch this recording if you need help

Please watch this recording if you need help

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Question 3

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Visit the virtual ballooning site linked here to do an experiment and take Temperature and Air pressure readings from different altitudes. After clicking on the link, select "Layers of the Atmosphere".

When you collect data from 4 different balloon launches, come back here to input the data on the blank graph below. Make sure you are collecting data all the way up the graph. You can also watch the video linked here to see how to do the experiment.

Enter the data from your virtual balloon experiment. You don't need to be exact, you can draw points in the approximate location. You can also use the image icon on the left hand side to import images of your data (after you hit edit background).

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Using what you learned in the video, describe something that occurs in both the ocean and the atmosphere.

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Watch the video about the ozone layer to learn what ozone is and how scientists discovered a hole in this part of the atmosphere.
After you watch, answer the questions below.

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Take a look at the 5 goals from Unit 4, use the scribble tool to mark the place in each row that matches your level of understanding based on what you learned in class and from your reading.

Predict: How does temperate change in the atmosphere as you get further from Earth?

The temperature increases

The temperature decreases

The temperature will vary based on each layer

Predict: How does pressure change in the atmosphere as you get further from Earth?

The pressure increases

The pressure decreases

The pressure will vary based on each layer

Did your answer for #1 & 2 match your data from #3?

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no

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What is the name of the atmosphere layer where we live?

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Mesosphere

Hemisphere

Which are the two most abundant gasses in the atmopshere today?

Oxygen

Carbon dioxide

Nitrogen

Helium

What are some of the ways living things use gasses in the atmopshere? (Select all that are true)

Oxygen is used in respiration

Carbon dioxide is used by plants to complete photosynthesis

Nitrogen is the main source of energy for living things

Argon is typically used to fill balloons

What does ozone in the stratosphere do for living things?

Protects us from UV radiation

Causes skin cancer

Absorbs water

Why did scientists miss information about the ozone hole, even though satelites were picking it up? 

There was no ozone hole

They programmed their computers to ignore it. 

What caused the ozone hole to form?

Too much sunlight hitting the ozone layer

An increase in CO2 levels in the troposphere

Chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)