Atmosphere – Virtual Lab



Atmosphere – Virtual Lab

Name ________________________ Per___

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You will now fill in the data table with Density, Pressure, and Temperature for each of the 11 altitudes (0,5,10, . . . 400)

1. Set altitude one at a time for each of the 11 altitudes with the red slider arrow, then Launch the balloon or rocket and Record the data on the data chart.

|Altitude |Density |Pressure (Pa) |Temperature © |

| |(% of Sea Level Density)| | |

| | | | |

|0 | | | |

| | | | |

|5 | | | |

| | | | |

|10 | | | |

| | | | |

|25 | | | |

| | | | |

|50 | | | |

| | | | |

|60 | | | |

| | | | |

|75 | | | |

| | | | |

|100 | | | |

| | | | |

|150 | | | |

| | | | |

|200 | | | |

| | | | |

|400 | | | |

2. When the “Show Phenomenon” is enabled, record what the phenomenon is, what the altitude is and the name of the layer it is found in. There are 8 altitudes that enabled “Show Phenomenon. YOU DO NOT TO HAVE THEM IN ORDER>

| |Altitude |Phenomenon |Layer of the Atmosphere |

|1. | | | |

|2. | | | |

|3. | | | |

|4. | | | |

|5. | | | |

|6. | | | |

|7. | | | |

|8. | | | |

Questions:

1. Which layer of the atmosphere do you live in? ____________________________

2. If a rocket were launched to a height of 210 kilometers above sea level, which layer of the atmosphere

would it rise to? ________________________________________________________________

3. In which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer found?__________________________________

4. What is the importance of the ozone layer to life on Earth? _________________________________

5. What happens to air density as you go up in the layers of the atmosphere? _____________________

6. What happens to air pressure as you go up in the layers of the atmosphere? _____________________

7. What temperature changes happen within the layers of the atmosphere? ________________________

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