Fill in the Blanks Atmosphere game: Orbit and fillOnline version Satellites can help us learn more about the composition of our atmosphere. Test your knowledge of satellite atmospheric monitoring here. by Kirsty Shakespeare 1 weather quality air ozone Satellites can help monitor Earth ? s atmosphere to provide data for forecasting , and the layer . 2 geostationary polar Weather satellites can be orbiting , cover the whole Earth asynchronously ( at different times ) or be ( hoovering over the same spot on the equator . 3 closer further clearer Polar orbiting satellites , being to Earth , capture images compared to geostationary satellites , which are positioned much away . 4 urban cities Satellite data reveals air quality disparities between and rural areas , as well as . 5 life expectancy health This contributes to lower outcomes and lower for low income populations . 6 layer gas Ozone ( O3 ) is a naturally occurring trace . In the Earth ? s upper air , the ozone blocks harmful UV radiation from reaching Earth . 7 ozone UV The presence of in the stratosphere is vital for protecting life on Earth by blocking harmful radiation . 8 oxygen halocarbons catalyst bromine Human - made chemicals called CFCs ( chloro - fluorocarbons ) and other released chlorine and into the atmosphere , which act like a to break ozone ( O3 ) down into ( O2 ) . 9 depletion This led to severe ozone over Antarctica , characterised as the " hole in the ozone layer " allowing in higher UV radiation .
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