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ATMOSPHERE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Layer of gases that surround a planet or moon | Atmosphere |
| 78% of the Earth's atmosphere | Nitrogen |
| 21% of the Eartg's atmosphere | Oxygen |
| How much the air above you weighs | Air pressure |
| Layer of the atmosphere that we live in | Troposphere |
| Layers of the Atmosphere | Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere |
| Layered atmosphere | Stratosphere |
| Mesosphere | Temperatures can be as low as -93 degrees celsius |
| Uppermost layer of the atmosphere | Thermosphere |
| Contains the uppermost part of the mesosphere and the lowest part of the thermosphere | Ionosphere |
| Are curtains and ribbons of shimmering colored lights | Auroras |
| Type of heat transfer where it travels through space as waves | Radiation |
| Type of heat transfer through a material | Thermal conduction |
| Transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or a gas | Convection |
| Warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases absorb and reradiate thermal energy | Greenhouse effect |
| Increase in temperatures all over the world | Global warming |
| Moving air caused by differences in air pressure | Wind |
| Large-scale wind systems | Global winds |
| Major global wind systems | Trade winds Westerlies Polar easterlies |
| Wind belts that blow from 30 degrees latitude almost to the equator | Trade winds |
| Wind belts that are found between 30 degrees and 60 degrees lat. | Westerlies |
| Wind belts that extend from the poles to 60 degrees lat. | Polar easterlies |
| Region where trade winds rise and meet near the equator | Doldrums |
| Region between the trade winds and the westerlies | Horse latitudes |
| Deflection or curving of moving objects from a straight path because of Earth's rotation | Coriolos effect |
| Narrow belts of very high-speed winds in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere | Jet streams |
| Winds that generally move over short distances and can blow from any direction | Local winds |
| The addition of harmful substances to the atmosphere | Air pollution |
| Anything in the air that can damage the environment or make other people or other organisms sick | Air pollutant |
| Pollutants that are put directly into the air | Primary pollutants |
| Forms when primary pollutants react with each other or with other substances in the air | Secondady pollutants |
| Forms on sunny days when chemicals frok udning gasoline react with each other and with the air | Ozone |
| Forms when ozone mixes with othed pollutants | Smog |
| Gas that contains pollutants that creates ozone and smog | Exhaust |
| Rain, sleet, or snow that contains acids from air pollution | Acid precipitation |
| Tool that helps remove pollutans from smoke before it leaves the smokestack | Scrubber |
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MisteryGirl80