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Earth's Atmosphere
Earth's Atmosphere vocabulary 11 words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| atmosphere | A thin layer of the air that forms a protective covering around the planet. |
| troposphere | Is the lowest of Earth's atmospheric layers. |
| ionosphere | Within the mesosphere, thermosphere is the layer of electrically charges particles. |
| ozone layer | Within the stratosphere, about 19km to 48km above your head, lies an atmosphere layer. |
| ultraviolet radiation | One of the many types of energy that come to Earth from the Sun. |
| chlorofluorocarbon | Chemical compounds used in some thing such as refrigerators, air conditioners, and areosol sprays, and in production of some foam packaging. |
| radiation | energy that is transferred in the form of rays or waves. |
| conduction | the transfer of the energy occurs when molecules in warmer objects to cooler object, |
| convection | the transfer of the heat by the flow of material. |
| hydrosphere | is as term that describes all the waters of the Earth. |
| condensation | process of the water vapor changing to a liquid. |