There are five layers of the atmosphere, the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere,the thermosphere, and the exosphere. These five layers all have a purpose which is to shield earth and protect the things on it to make it survivable. They are all in order and all have a purpose which I will be talking about.
The troposphere is 11km above earth's surface and is the layer which contains the things we need to survive. It is known as the disturbed layer because all the weather changes take place in this layer, it is the lowest level in which we live and go through everyday life in. The troposphere provides several important benefits it holds nearly all of the water vapor in the earth's atmosphere, regulates temperature and produces weather but it also contains gassed such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen. The excess
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Temperature increases sharply but then becomes more steady as you travel further up, the air density is so low in this layer that we normally consider it as outer space. In the thermosphere gases collide so infrequently that they become separated based on the chemical elements they contain, in the thermosphere atomic oxygen, atomic nitrogen, and helium are the three chemicals that the air is made of in that layer. This layer absorbs most of the dangerous chemicals the sun gives off like radiation. In the thermosphere it is much like the ocean it has waves and tides that move energy around from place to place.
Then the last layer which would be the exosphere which is located right above the thermosphere. Air in the atmosphere is super thin and it begins to just fade into space there is no other layer above the exosphere. Because the exosphere fades into space it has no end and many don't believe in this being a layer of the atmosphere for that very reason, there is not much information based on the exosphere because it is considered to be
On Friday, December 7, the last monkey was finally put down. After this the decon team arrives. They seal off the building and heat these special crystals that kill everything that is living. Also, the team learns that Milton Frantig, the employee who had fallen ill, had recovered from what seemed to be the flu.
Merriam Webster dictionary defines atmosphere as a) "the whole mass of air surrounding the earth" and b) "the overall aesthetic effect of a work of art." Kate Chopin integrates these two definitions together effortlessly in her short story "The Storm." The meteorological atmosphere parallels the literary atmosphere with the building tension, the culmination, and the aftermath.
A high average year round temperature, coupled with the moisture rich environment, creates an ecosystem that allows for a level of biodiversity seen nowhere else on the planet. This also results in a specific type of layering design that allows the system to survive and recycle its nutrients. The top layers are called the canopy and the emergent layer and they for The dense levels of vegetation absorb tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and help slow down the rate of climate change that the planet is experiencing.
After falling behind in classes with grades in previous semesters, I plan to start early and not slack off and think I have time. Before I tell you how this will be accomplished I will tell you why I am taking Meteorology 206. I am taking this class first and foremost because it fulfills my science requirement. However, I chose Meteorology 206 because I have always been interested in the weather and how it works. The first step for my success will be to take my own notes in class because it helps me to remember the information more. I will then take these notes outside of class to use to study for exams and for assignments. Also outside of class to prepare for class I will read the upcoming chapter. This will not only help for class but will
Within our Solar System lies an abundance of planets, each with their own unique characteristics, including the Terrestrial planets of Venus, Earth, and Mars who vary in many aspects but, most importantly, their atmosphere.
Industrial Revolution, people have released more of these gases into the atmosphere, thickening the blanketing layer. This
There is the serosa, which is the outermost layer and it keeps the surfaces moist. The there is the muscle layer, which contains the circular muscular layer and the longitudinal muscle layer. These muscles contract and relax to move the chyme throughout the intestinal tract. Then comes the submucosa which has the blood and lymphatic vessels and nerves. Finally, the inner layer is the mucosa which is a layer of epithelial cells on a base of connective tissue and smooth muscle. It has villi and fold that are called plicae and circulares.
'I saw dancing lights in the sky, spiking straight up starting around a few hundred feet off the ground. They waved a bit like curtains’-Mike Taylor. The Aurora Borealis is a display of solar flares that collide with the earth's atmosphere and cause a phenomenal light show, but do the impact of the solar flares affect the earth in any way? If so, is it a positive or negative reaction? Solar flares are also known as space weather. It is said in many research papers that space weather has a long term effect on the earth's atmosphere. If space weather truly does have negative long term effects on the earth’s atmosphere, then the planet might become uninhabitable for any life considering that all living organisms except bacteria and related bacteria life survive on oxygen. The long term effects of space weather in relation to the earths atmosphere will be discussed and based on facts, opinions, and scientific evidence.
First is a description of the greenhouse effect. The earth’s atmosphere has four layers, or zones, with each having distinct differences in temperature. The troposphere is the first layer surrounding the earth. Within this layer air is continually circulating and moving heat and moisture around the earth. The troposphere is denser than the other layers due to the fact that gravity keeps the majority of air molecules near the earth. This is about 75 percent of all the atmospheric mass. It is also the warmest layer (Cunningham & Cunningham, ...
Atmosphere: The Earth has one of the most versatile atmospheres because of the way the solar system here picks up water and carries it around the Earth for redistribution. We have a thick atmosphere that consists mostly of oxygen and nitrogen that helps plants and animals survive so well here on Earth. We also have a "greenhouse effect" that warms our atmosphere and it's surface.
Earth’s climate is determined by the physics and chemistry of its atmosphere. Earth’s atmosphere consists of four layers; troposphere which is closest to earth, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere. Hardy says, “During the past 100 years we humans, as a result of burning coal, oil, and gas and clearing forests, have greatly changed the chemical composition of the thin atmospheric layer.” There is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to burning fossil fuels. The atmosphere is made up of many gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, and argon. It also consists of trace gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, chlorofluorocarbons and, ozone. The trace gases have the greatest effect on our climate (Hardy 5). Up to a certain level, these gases help to keep the planet warm by absorbing certain infrared wavelengths, so that there can be life on the planet. Thus, they trap heat in the troposphere and stop it from escaping to space (Hardy 7). Therefore, the greater amount of greenhouse gases, the more heat trapped in the atmosphere. Earth’s temperature is increasing due to increased levels of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide released into the air from burning fossil fuels. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2001 report projects “global average surface temperature increases ranging from 1.4 to 5.8 degrees
* Nitrogen Oxides are presented through the atmosphere. N2O are very powerful in the chemistry of the troposphere and the stratosphere, and they are very important in ozone production and in the destruction processes. There are a number of sources (the oxidation of N2O like lightning and fossil fuel combustion) whose contribution to NOx concentrations in the upper troposphere is not well measured.
The ozone layer diminishes more each year. As the area of polar ozone depletion (commonly called the ozone hole) gets larger, additional ultraviolet rays are allowed to pass through. These rays cause cancer, cataracts, and lowered immunity to diseases.1 What causes the depletion of the ozone layer?
The atmosphere is an open system that consists of a gaseous mixture enveloping a planet (Answers.com). These gasses, known as air, include O2, N2 and H2O. The atmosphere is also composed of water, ice and dust particles. Atmosphere functions like a blanket, keeping Earth's heat from escaping into space (Lenkeit). It has also been compared to a greenhouse: like glass it lets short wave insulation inside, but keeps most of long wave ground radiation from going out (Lenkeit).
The Thermal Boundary Layer describes the interaction and exchange of thermal energy between a surface and flowing fluid. When a fluid at a specific temperature flows across an adjacent surface of different temperature, the interactions between the two surfaces will result in the formation of a boundary layer. At this point the particles of the fluid will assume the temperature of the surface and reach thermal equilibrium. This thermal energy will then travel through the remainder of the fluid where it will result in a temperature profile within the flow field ranging from the surface temperature (T_w ) to the ambient temperature (T_∞ ), (Cengel, Cimbala, & Turner, 2012), this is shown in figure XX below.