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1. Air pressure decreases
2. Auroras are shimmers of light that occur in the ionosphere.
3. The Ozone Layer is a layer of multiple gasses that protect us from harmful U.V. rays and is located in the stratosphere
4. Nitrogen: 77% Oxygen: 22% Carbon Dioxide: 1%
5. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
6. Altitude
7. Air Pressure
8. it gets colder at first, then things really heat up!
9. A layer of gasses that surround the earth
10. It is the closest to us and weather happens there
11. It is the coldest layer
12. weight and takes up space
13. The Exosphere
14. Radiation, Convection, and Conduction
15. The process in which light comes in the earth's atmosphere and out, but heat is trapped inside
16. Trough Radiation
17. Convection Currents move in a circular motion
18. The Greenhouse Effect, burning of Fossil Fuels, ect.
19. The Coriolis Effect is the curving of winds due to Earth's rotation.
20. Wind is created by differences in air pressure
21. Global Winds are created by the Coriolis Effect and displaced air
22. Polar Easterlies, Westerlies, Trade Winds, Doldrums, Horse Latitudes
23. global winds are constant, local winds are sudden and usually don't last long
24. mtn. breezes go down, valley breezes go up
25. cool air dense warm air less dense
26. there is less wind at the poles and equator
27. land breeze: day, local. comes from land
28. sea breeze:night. local. comes from sea
29. west
30. jet streams are giant air movements that travel up to 400 kmph
31. land
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