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Earths Atmosphere 1
Earths Atmosphere
Question | Answer |
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This layer of air that protects the Earth's surfae from extreme temperatures and harmfull Sun rays | Atmosphere |
Pollutants mix with oxygen and other chemicals to form? | smog |
How many layerrs in the Atmosphere? | 5 |
What is the lowest layer where humans live? This layer contains most of the ware vaper and gases. | Troposphere |
What is the layer where meteors are visible? | Mesosphere |
What is the layer named for its high teperatures? | Thermosphere |
What is the layer of charged articles that can help arry radio waves? | Ionosphere |
What is the outer layer of the atmosphere? | Exosphere |
What are the pollutants that are destroying the ozone layer? | Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's) |
Energy that is transfered in rays or waves | Radiation |
The transfer of energy when molecules bump into each other through contact | Conduction |
The transfer of heat by the flow of a material | Convection |
When water moves back and forth between Earth's atmosphere and surface | Water Cycle |
Water Vapors in the atmosphere can cool and return to liquid form through | Condensation |
As water drops grow they fall back to Earth as | Pricipitation |