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1. In what way is our relationship to the atmosphere similar to the relationship of a fish to the ocean?
2. Approximately what is the mass of the air we each breathe in and out, each day?
3. What's the source of the oxygen gas in the air we breathe?
4. Photosynthesis and __________ are natural processes that are complementary to each other.
5. The troposphere includes which part of the atmosphere?
6. How has the composition of the troposphere changed throughout human history?
7. On a really humid day, what percent of the air molecules are water vapor molecules?
8. If you cool air to -185 degrees C, which three gases will liquify?
9. If you put one mole of oxygen molecules in one balloon and one mole of nitrogen molecules in a second balloon, how would the volumes of those balloons compare?
10. What's the mass of 1.00 mole of oxygen molecules (O2)?
11. What's the mass of 1.00 mole of nitrogen molecules (N2)?
12. If you got into a blimp and went straight upwards in the air...
(a) How would the composition of the atmosphere change as you went upwards a distance of 6 km?
(b) After you went upwards more than 12 km, what gas would you find more of...?
(c) Between 50 - 85 km: what kinds of particles would you find?
(d) Above 200 km... what would you find?
13. What formula defines pressure? (pg 356)
Questions? Comments??
Robert Clark