Civil Air Patrol Aerospace - Module 3 Questions and Answers 100% Correct
Civil Air Patrol Aerospace - Module 3 Questions and Answers 100% Correct The 4 layers of the atmosphere (bottom to top) - Answer- Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere A region of the atmosphere where electrons are gained or lost - Answer- Ionosphere The rate of decrease with an increase in height for pressure and temperature - Answer- Lapse Rate A region of the atmosphere where ozone is created - Answer- Ozonosphere A global area of calm winds - Answer- Doldrums Global winds that move toward the poles and move to the west. - Answer- Polar Easterlies The method by which the sun heats the earth - Answer- Radiation The movement of the earth revolving around the sun - Answer- Revolution A warm steady wind that blows toward the equator - Answer- Trade Winds Lateral transfer of heat - Answer- Advection The weight of all of the atmosphere's gasses and molecules on the earth's surface - Answer- Atmosphereic Pressure Heating by direct contact - Answer- Conduction
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