Quiz 4 Environmental Science - Bert Johnson | Library | Formative

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Thermosphere		the highest layer of the atmosphere, it gets hotter as you go higher but is not thick enough to burn up most meteors
Troposphere		the third lowest layer of the atmosphere, it gets cooler as you go higher and has thick enough gas to burn up most meteors
Mesosphere		the second lowest layer of the atmosphere, it gets warmer at higher altitudes and contains the ozone layer, which protects us from UV light
Stratosphere		the lowest level of the atmosphere where we live and most weather happends

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Jet Stream		the movement of air through the atmosphere
El Nino Oscillation		the rising of warm air or water, which then moves sideways and falls after it cools, and then moves back to its original location as it warms in a circular motion
Climate		the average temperature, wind, and precipitation patterns in a place throughout the year
Atmospheric circulation		The effect of some gases in the atmosphere which keeps heat absorbed from the sun from radiating back out into space, warming the earth
Greenhouse effect		an effect caused by the rotation of the earth and Hadley, Ferrel, and Polar cells, it causes prevailing winds to curve from SW to NE in California
Convection		a global change in wind patterns, sea temperatures, and precipitation patterns that happens every few years
Coriolis effect		four narrow bands of higher speed wind that move from west to east through the upper troposphere

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Ferrel Cell		convection cell which causes air to rise at the equator and fall at 30 degrees latitude, and one of the reasons 30 degrees in latitude is often very dry
Polar Cell		convection cell which causes air to rise at 60 degrees latitude and fall at 30 degrees latitude, and one of the reasons 30 degrees in latitude is often very dry
Hadley Cell		convection cell which causes air to rise at 60 degrees latitude and fall at the north and south pole, and one of the reasons 60 degrees north in latitude has many forests.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Peru Current
North Atlantic Gyre		Surface current that carries cold water Northward up the west coast of South America
California Current		Deep currents that carry water throughout the world driven by temperature, density, and continental barriers
South Pacific Gyre		Surface current that carries cold water Southward down the west coast of the USA
Thermohaline Current		Clockwise surface current that carries warm water from the Gulf of Mexico to Northern Europe