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Meteorology

Atmospheres: ES.11

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What percent of the Earth's atmosphere is made of nitrogen? 78%
What does biologic activity affect? The atmosphere's ability to hold heat.
Plants and oceans are ________ ________. Carbon sinks
What is albedo? Reflectivity of a surface.
Meteor impacts can cause huge amounts of what to fill the air? Dust
Mercury has no what? Atmosphere
Man-made chemicals have reduced the amount of what in the upper atmosphere? Ozone.
What percent of the Earth's atmosphere is composed of oxygen? 21%
The Earth's atmosphere has changed throughout ________ ________. Geologic Time
Oxidation of metals and animals are what? Oxygen sinks
Ice and snow reflect better than what? Land and Ocean water
Water vapor, carbon dioxide, and clouds are good whats? Insulators
Photosynthesis reduces the amount of what? Carbon Dioxide
Vegetation absorbs more _______ than non-vegetated areas. Heat
What planet has a high amount of carbon dioxide? Venus
Humans have added carbon dioxide to the air by burning what? Fossil fuels
Volcanic eruptions can set off what? Forest fires
What percent of the Earth's atmosphere is composed of trace gases? 1%
Mars' atmosphere is very _______. Thin
Outer planets are ______. Cold
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