atmosphere and different wind
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| A thin layer of air that protects the Earth's surface from extreme tempertures and rays | Atmosphere
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| The atmosphere is made up of? | gases, solids, and liquids
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| Vocanoes produce what? | Nirogen, carbon dioxide, and a little oxygen
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| what does oxygen make up? | the ozone layer
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| Atmosphereic gases | nitrogen (78) Oxygen (21) carbon dioxide, water vapor, and argon.
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| oxygen mixed with pollutants | smog
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| dust, salt, and pollen | solid particles
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| how many layers of atmosphere | 5
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| the bottom layer | troposphere
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| second layer | stratosphere
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| third layer | mesosphere
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| fourth layer | tremosphere
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| inside of the mesosphere and thermosphere | ionosphere
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| fifth layer | exosphere
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| the troposhere is warmed by Earth's surface, temperature _______ as altitude increses | decreases
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| temperatures _____ as altitude increses in th stratosphere | increases
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| temperatures ______ with altitude in the mesosphere | decrease
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| pollutants that destroy the ozone layer | chlorofluorocarbons
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| Radiation | waves or rays
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| Conduction | transfer of energy when molecules hit each other
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| Convection | tranfer of heat through materials
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| Condensation | water vapor in the atmosphere
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| near the equator little wind and daily rain | doldrums
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| between the equator and 30 latitude are steady winds | trade winds
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| between 30 and 60 latitude (north and south) the _________ blow to the east, in the opposite direction of trade winds | prevailing westerlies
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| ________ blow from northeast to southwest near the northpole and from the southeast to northwest near the south poles | polar easterlies
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| upper troposhere- narrow belt of strong winds | jet streams
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| blows from land to sea at night | land breeze
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| blows from sea to land during the day | sea breeze
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