Review Questions for Lecture 13

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    Review Questions p. 136 10-14
    Review Questions p. 167 1-3

    Review Terms

    Radio Interferometry
    Orbiting Telescopes
    Rotation of Earth
    Density
    Hydrosphere
    Tides
    Neap Tide
    Spring Tide
    Stratosphere
    Troposphere
    Ozone
    Ozone Layer
    Greenhouse Effect
    Primary Atmosphere
    Secondary Atmosphere

    Review Concepts

    What is the Ozone layer? How does it help life on Earth?

    What is the Greenhouse effect? Why are the Greenhouse effect and the Ozone layer different from each other?

    Why do Tides occur? (be specific)

    What are the main gases in the Earth's atmosphere? What were the main gases in the Earth's atmosphere when it first formed?

    When the secondary atmosphere of Earth formed, it was composed of mostly carbon dioxide, nitrogen, sulfer dioxide, and water vapor. Why is our atmosphere different now?