Question
Two vials contain air samples taken at different altitudes. The first is composed of 21% oxygen, 789 nitrogen, and 1% other. The second is 95% helium, 4% hydrogen, and 1% other. Which
came from the homosphere?
6. You are reading the data coming from a data-gathering balloon as it rises in the atmosphere.
You have no idea what altitude it is at, but the balloon is sending a signal from its thermometer, telling you the temperature of its surroundings. How will you know when the balloon enters the stratosphere?
How will you know when it enters the mesosphere?
7. Name the three regions of the homosphere, from lowest to highest.
8. Although the temperature gradient changes from region to region in the homosphere, there is one gradient that stays the same. It continues to decrease as you increase in altitude, no matter where you ire in the homosphere. To what gradient am I referring?
9. A plane is experiencing a lot of problems because of a storm in the area. Is the plane flying in the troposphere or the stratosphere?
10. A scientist has two vials of ammonia gas. She tells you that in the first vial, the gas molecules are traveling with an average speed of 1,000 miles per hour. In the second vial, they are traveling with an average speed of 1,300 miles per hour. Which vial contains the gas with the higher temperature?
(In the lowest words possible)
came from the homosphere?
6. You are reading the data coming from a data-gathering balloon as it rises in the atmosphere.
You have no idea what altitude it is at, but the balloon is sending a signal from its thermometer, telling you the temperature of its surroundings. How will you know when the balloon enters the stratosphere?
How will you know when it enters the mesosphere?
7. Name the three regions of the homosphere, from lowest to highest.
8. Although the temperature gradient changes from region to region in the homosphere, there is one gradient that stays the same. It continues to decrease as you increase in altitude, no matter where you ire in the homosphere. To what gradient am I referring?
9. A plane is experiencing a lot of problems because of a storm in the area. Is the plane flying in the troposphere or the stratosphere?
10. A scientist has two vials of ammonia gas. She tells you that in the first vial, the gas molecules are traveling with an average speed of 1,000 miles per hour. In the second vial, they are traveling with an average speed of 1,300 miles per hour. Which vial contains the gas with the higher temperature?
(In the lowest words possible)
Answers
GPT-4o mini
1. The first vial came from the homosphere (21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen).
2. In the stratosphere, the temperature will stabilize or increase with altitude.
3. In the mesosphere, the temperature will decrease with altitude.
4. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere.
5. The temperature gradient that continues to decrease with altitude is the overall temperature gradient (generally decreases with altitude).
6. The plane is flying in the troposphere (storms occur here).
7. The second vial contains the gas with the higher temperature (1,300 mph).
2. In the stratosphere, the temperature will stabilize or increase with altitude.
3. In the mesosphere, the temperature will decrease with altitude.
4. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere.
5. The temperature gradient that continues to decrease with altitude is the overall temperature gradient (generally decreases with altitude).
6. The plane is flying in the troposphere (storms occur here).
7. The second vial contains the gas with the higher temperature (1,300 mph).