The Atmosphere Environmental Science Earth Systems and Resources The Atmosphere Questions Why isn’t there much hydrogen found in the atmosphere? *Seasonal winds which blow alternately from the Asian mainland and from the Pacific Ocean, are accompanied by fierce storms. What are these seasonal winds known as? What are the global wind belts? Why is carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increasing? How is ozone produced? What causes clouds to form? Why are small quantities of chlorofluorocarbons so harmful to the ozone layer? How are the carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen cycles vital to sustaining life on Earth? What is the most likely effect a decrease of plant life in the biosphere would have on the atmosphere? How does combustion of the biosphere affect the atmosphere? What percent of the atmosphere is #CO_2#? What are the different layers of the atmosphere? What is the most abundant gas in the earth's atmosphere? What are the most abundant gases in the atmosphere? What elements make up the earth's atmosphere? What was the atmosphere like during the Jurassic Period in comparison to today's? What is atmospheric force? Which planet most resembles Earth in terms of all of the factors: temperature, gravity, atmosphere, and water? How does the earth heat the atmosphere? Where did the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere come from? How many miles above us is the edge of the atmosphere? What is our atmosphere mostly made out of? What actions increase or decrease carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere? Does every planet in the universe have an atmosphere? What is the function of ozone in the atmosphere? What is the most dangerous natural disaster? Why do natural disasters happen? How do natural disasters affect climate? What is the most destructive of all natural disasters? What is the safest continent with the fewest natural disasters? What benefits does our atmosphere provide to earth? If Earth's atmosphere were frozen into a solid sphere, what would be its diameter? What is the importance of nitrogen in the atmosphere? How was oxygen added to the atmosphere? Is the earth the only planet with an atmosphere? How many ways can carbon dioxide return to the atmosphere? When will Earth's atmosphere disappear? What percentage of the earth's atmosphere is hydrogen? What is the hottest part of the earth's atmosphere? How many miles up is the Earth's atmosphere? Why are weather forecasts wrong? What affects weather? What is a person who reports and forecasts the weather called? What kind of weather is associated with a high-pressure area and why? What kind of weather does stratus clouds bring? How do humans affect the weather? Why does weather exist? How did rain and snow exist or begin? Why does weather move from the west to the east? What types of weather are associated with high and low pressure systems? Who made the first weather instrument? How does a falling barometer indicate bad weather is ahead? How does El Nino affect upwelling? How does El Niño affect north america? How does ENSO affect the distribution of rainfall? Is El Niño a tropical disturbance? What is infrared light? What would happen if we had no atmosphere? What causes lake effect snow? With the help of a clear illustration explain the structure of the atmosphere ? How was the formation of coal affected by the atmosphere? How will increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect photosynthesis? Will the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere soon be greater than the amount of oxygen? Explain. The uv rays in stratosphere break the cfc into chlorine atoms.chlorine reacts with ozone and breaks into oxygen.as oxygen is helpful to man.why it is harmful? Earth Systems and Resources View all chapters Environmental Science Concepts The Atmosphere Global Water Resources and Use Soil and Soil Dynamics Natural Biogeochemical Cycles Prev Next