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4.04 MOD Weather Balloon

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Question 1
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Scientists launched a weather balloon that recorded the temperature and pressure every 5 kilometers and collected the following data:



What conclusions could they make from this data?

As altitude increases, temperature __________
As altitude increases, pressure __________
Question 2
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Question 3
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Using what you learned in the video, describe something that occurs in both the ocean and the atmosphere.

Question 4
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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.
Question 5
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Question 7
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Take a look at the 5 goals from our lesson today, 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.

What is the name of the atmosphere layer where we live?
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Which are the two most abundant gasses in the atmopshere today?
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen
Helium
What does ozone in the stratosphere do for living things?
Protects us from UV radiation
Causes skin cancer
absorbs water
What caused the ozone hole to form?
Too much sunlight hitting the ozone layer
Chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)