METEOROLOGY

EENVI 2
Answer Sheet

Name: Frea Joy T. Esperanza Year & Section: BSED-Science 3

Activity No. 2

Layers of the Atmosphere

About this experiment:
In this experiment, you will demonstrate how the atmosphere settles into layers based
on density using different liquids to represent each layer.

Materials:
 Sand/Dirt (you will not be able to reuse this after the experiment)
 Honey(vitamin syrup)
 Corn Syrup(shampoo)
 Dish Soap
 Water (coloring optional)
 Oil
 Beaker or Cup

Procedure:

1. Pour 20mL sand into the beaker.

2. Pour 20mL honey into the beaker.

3. Pour 20mL corn syrup into the beaker.

4. Pour 20mL dish soap into the beaker.

5. Pour 20mL water into the beaker.

6. Pour 20mL oil into the beaker.

7. Observe what happened.

8. Paste a copy of the different process that you do and add captions.

*You do not have to use exactly 20mL of each liquid, just use enough to be able to
distinguish the layers.*

Use these questions as a guide to write a journal entry, make a poster, give a
presentation, or write a research report about your experiment or a related topic.

 What did you observe as you poured each liquid into the beaker?

 Are there perfect lines between each liquid?

 Can you match each liquid to a layer of the atmosphere?

o Troposphere

o Stratosphere
 o Mesosphere

o Thermosphere

o Exosphere

 Which layer of Earth does the dirt/sand represent?

 Journal Entry

The purpose of this experiment is to show the layers of the athmosphere. The materials
that is present are the sand, vitamins syrup, shampoo, dishwashing liquid, water and oil.
Since, the other materials like honey and corn syrup are not available in our house. I
replace it with the vitamins syrup and shampoo. We used this materials to complete
this activity so we can get a result.

The first step was pouring the sand into the bottle. This sand will serve as a base of
those liquids that I am pouring later on. When I poured first liquid which is the vitamins
syrup into the sand, i observed that it didn't absorb all the vitamins syrup making it at
the top of the sand. After the short observation, I poured the second liquid which is the
shampoo. The shampoo and vitamins syrup didn't meet. They separate because of the
different properties they have. I poured all the liquid according to the procedure and it
happens that they are all separated and makes a layer. I also observed that the color of
all the liquids are turning to yellow because of dishwashing liquid. Since the
shampoo,water and oil are plain color they adopt the color of the dishwashing liquid
which is yellow color.

A few minutes had passed and they are all separating and creating lines. As I observed
they are not creating perfect lines between each liquid. Some liquids are partly
combining to the other liquid. Making this experiment makes me understand and
visualize the layers of the athmosphere. Each liquid represent the five layers of the
athmosphere. Vitamins syrup represent the troposphere; shampoo as a stratosphere;
dishwashing as mesosphere; water as thermosphere ;and the sand represent as a earth
crust.

At the end of this experiment the result was obtained. Through the use of liquid
materials we are able to distunguish and make layers. We learned that those liquids
cannot be combined because of its different properties. Some are polar and some are
non polar and didn't dissolve in some liquids from the bottle. Below is the final result of
all the liquid materials that is used in this activity.
Activity No. 3
Laws of Thermodynamics

Fill the blanks in the following sentences with the correct thermodynamics term:

1) The thing we measure when we want to determine the average kinetic energy of random
motion in the particles of a substance is temperature.
2) The specific heat is the energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance
one degree Celsius.
3) A(n) exothermic reaction is one where the products have lower energy than the reactants.
4) Endothermic reactions require energy in order to take place.
5) Spontaneous changes take place by themselves, without any help.
6) The enthalpy change is used to describe how much energy is produced or used during a
chemical change.
7) Potential energy is energy that is stored chemical energy.
8) Kinetic energy is energy associated with the movement of an object.
9) Heat is a form of energy transfer to or from a system, which occurs from hot to cold.
10) Thermal energy is the total energy of the particles in a particles.