Assignment 4
NAME: ___________________________________ DATE: ___________________
Answer as many questions which will give you a total of 100 Points.
You must indicate your sources (website, textbooks, class notes etc.)
Failure to do so will result in a grade of ZERO
!!!!!!!!DO NOT PLARAGIZE!!!!!
The atmosphere is divided vertically into four layers on the basis of temperature. List the names of these layers and their boundaries in order (from lowest to highest), and list as many characteristics of each as you can. You must mention how temperature is affected. Also, include all transition zones and how temperature is affected in them. (20 Points)
a. Why is ozone important to life on Earth?
b. What are CFCs, and what is their connection to the ozone problem?
c. What are the effects on human health of a decrease in the stratosphere’s ozone?
(20 Points)
List four characteristics of the summer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere and four for the Southern Hemisphere. Also, list two characteristics for the fall equinox for the Northern Hemisphere.
(20 points)
How does stable air differ from unstable air? What weather conditions would lead you to believe that air is unstable? (10 points)
How does orographic lifting and frontal wedging act to force air to rise? (10 Points)
If snow is falling from a cloud, which process produced it? Explain. (10 Points)
How does hail form? What factors govern the ultimate size of hailstones? (10 Points)
a. Briefly describe how the Coriolis force modifies the movement of air?
b. Which two factors influence the magnitude (size) of the Coriolis force?
(10 Points)
What is the ‘greenhouse’ effect? Be sure to explain its mechanisms, causes and measures that are being adopted to control it. (20 Points)
Using the information in the graph below, answer the following questions. (10 Points)
Identify all atmospheric layers and transition zones from the graph below. You must include the heights (boundaries) for those identified.
What information (relationship) is the graph showing?
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