Quiz #11 Focus Questions
Air: Climate & Pollution (Chp 12)

1.	Be familiar with the location of the various layers of our atmosphere:
a.	troposphere
b.	stratosphere
c.	mesosphere
d.	thermosphere

2.	Be familiar with the relationship between temperature and height in the various layers of the atmosphere. For example in the troposphere, temperature decreases with height, while in the stratosphere temperature increases with height. 

3.	Be familiar with the processes that affect sunlight on its path towards earth.
e.	Some is reflected back into space by clouds, snow etc (this amount is the Earth’s Albedo).
f.	Some is absorbed by gases.
g.	The rest reaches the ground.

4.	Be familiar with the process known as the Greenhouse Effect and the consequences of it.

5.	Be familiar with the gases that cause the Greenhouse Effect.

6.	Be familiar with the process of rain formation.

7.	Be familiar with the parts of the world where air rises and where air sinks
h.	Rising air means clouds and possibly rain (or snow)
i.	Sinking air means dry weather. California is dominated by sinking air so that is why the weather in California is so pleasant and dry.

8.	Be familiar with the Coriolis Effect in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

9.	Be familiar with the Jet Stream and its importance in determining our daily weather.

10.	Be familiar with the way in which pressure influences wind. Wind always blows from where the atmospheric pressure is high to where it is low.

12.	 Be familiar with Monsoon wind patterns and the reasons you get a Wet Monsoon and a Dry Monsoon.

13.	Be familiar with the El Nino phenomenom and its consequences.

14.	Be familiar with the evidence we have for Climate change

15.	Be familiar with measure that can be adopted to control climate change.

16.	Be familiar with the seven conventional criteria pollutants and their sources.

17.	Be familiar with the location of ozone layer in our atmosphere and its importance.

18.	Be familiar with compounds that destroy the ozone layer.

19.	Be familiar with the acid rain phenomenon and some of its effects.