MVMS Atmosphere
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| ATMOSPHERE | mixture of gases that surrounds the earth.
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| AIR PRESSURE | is the measure of force in which air molecules push on a surface.
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| ALTITUDE | is the height of an object above the Earth’s surface
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| TROPOSPHERE | lowest layer of the atmosphere. Closest to the earth’s surface. It is the layer in which we live. Weather occurs and commercial air travel.
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| STRATOSPHERE | air is very thin. Contains most of the Ozone Layer.
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| MESOSPHERE | Coldest layer of the atmosphere. Meteors burn up in this layer (shooting stars)
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| THERMOSPHERE | uppermost layer of the atmosphere. Contains hottest temperatures in the atmosphere. Temperature increases with altitude.
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| IONOSPHERE | located in the upper mesosphere and lower Thermosphere. Contains charged atom that absorb solar radiation.
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| JET STREAMS | narrow belts of high speed winds that blow in the upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere.
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| OXYGEN | 21% of the Earth’s atmosphere is made up of this gas.
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| NITROGEN | 78% of the Earth’s atmosphere is made of this gas.
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| TEMPERATURE | this is how the atmosphere is divided into layers.
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| OZONE LAYER | Filters out harmful Ultra Violet Rays. (UV)
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