NJIT PHYS 203 Exam 4 Questions and Answers
1. Atmoshpere Thin layer of gas held to the planet by gravity
2. What percent of the 80% Nitrogen, 20% Oxygen
Earth's atmosphere is Ni-
trogen and Oxygen?
3. How old is Earth? 4 1/2 billion years old
4. Primary Atmosphere Hydrogen and Helium; maintained in Sun, Earth, Saturn, Neptune and
Jupiter
5. Secondary Atmosphere Outgassing; rained on molten planet to create oceans; life produced
oxygen
6. Tertiary Atmosphere Current atmosphere
7. Barometer An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
8. Where is atmospheric Sea level
pressure highest?
9. Law of Atmosphere 1 standard atmosphere of pressure (atm) = 101325 newtons/meter^2
Equation aka a pascal; 1.01325 bars; 760 mm Hg (Mercury)
10. 1 bar of pressure equals 100,000 pascals
11. Why do scientists use It's 14-15x denser than water
mercury?
12. Layers of Atmosphere troposphere (sea level), stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
13. Tropopause end of troposphere
14. Stratopause the end of the stratosphere
, NJIT PHYS 203 Exam 4 Questions and Answers
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_id6ftv
15. Mesopause End of mesosphere
16. Cellular respiration Life gets energy from glucose which reacts with oxygen:
C6H12O6 + 6O2 => ENERGY + 6CO2 + 6H2O
17. Average temperature of Room temperature - 50 something degrees
planet
18. Greenhouse Effect Water vapor and carbon dioxide absorb heat to keep planet warm
19. Anthropogenic global idea of human caused global warming; false
warming
20. Ionosphere Heat source in stratosphere
21. Ozonosphere Heat source in thermosphere
22. Atmosphere shields us Near UV causes suntan, Far UV can kill us if it wasn't for our atmosphere
from UV rays
23. Hole in the ozone layer Naturally opens and closes
24. Eccentricity Deviation of a curve or orbit from circularity.
25. Eccentricity of Earth So small it's almost a perfect circle
26. Perihelion Orbit closest to the sun; Jan 3
27. Aphelion (AP-helion) Orbit furthest from sun; Jul 3
28. How far is Earth from the 150 million km or 93 million miles
sun?
29. What causes the sea- Tilt of the Earth
sons?
1. Atmoshpere Thin layer of gas held to the planet by gravity
2. What percent of the 80% Nitrogen, 20% Oxygen
Earth's atmosphere is Ni-
trogen and Oxygen?
3. How old is Earth? 4 1/2 billion years old
4. Primary Atmosphere Hydrogen and Helium; maintained in Sun, Earth, Saturn, Neptune and
Jupiter
5. Secondary Atmosphere Outgassing; rained on molten planet to create oceans; life produced
oxygen
6. Tertiary Atmosphere Current atmosphere
7. Barometer An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
8. Where is atmospheric Sea level
pressure highest?
9. Law of Atmosphere 1 standard atmosphere of pressure (atm) = 101325 newtons/meter^2
Equation aka a pascal; 1.01325 bars; 760 mm Hg (Mercury)
10. 1 bar of pressure equals 100,000 pascals
11. Why do scientists use It's 14-15x denser than water
mercury?
12. Layers of Atmosphere troposphere (sea level), stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
13. Tropopause end of troposphere
14. Stratopause the end of the stratosphere
, NJIT PHYS 203 Exam 4 Questions and Answers
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_id6ftv
15. Mesopause End of mesosphere
16. Cellular respiration Life gets energy from glucose which reacts with oxygen:
C6H12O6 + 6O2 => ENERGY + 6CO2 + 6H2O
17. Average temperature of Room temperature - 50 something degrees
planet
18. Greenhouse Effect Water vapor and carbon dioxide absorb heat to keep planet warm
19. Anthropogenic global idea of human caused global warming; false
warming
20. Ionosphere Heat source in stratosphere
21. Ozonosphere Heat source in thermosphere
22. Atmosphere shields us Near UV causes suntan, Far UV can kill us if it wasn't for our atmosphere
from UV rays
23. Hole in the ozone layer Naturally opens and closes
24. Eccentricity Deviation of a curve or orbit from circularity.
25. Eccentricity of Earth So small it's almost a perfect circle
26. Perihelion Orbit closest to the sun; Jan 3
27. Aphelion (AP-helion) Orbit furthest from sun; Jul 3
28. How far is Earth from the 150 million km or 93 million miles
sun?
29. What causes the sea- Tilt of the Earth
sons?
