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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| surface current | driven by winds |
| deep ocean current | driven by the differences in densities |
| Thermohaline current | deep ocean currents driven by temperature and salinity |
| coriolis effect | effect if earth's rotation on the direction of winds and ocean currents. |
| percolation | the movement of water through soil to become groundwater |
| infiltration | Another word to describe the movement of water through soil to become groundwater |
| troposphere | Innermost layer that is turning or changing (tropo) it controls the weather. It is the layer that we live in |
| stratosphere | the second layer it contains the ozone layer |
| mesosphere | the third or middle layer there is a temperature drop here causing most meteors to burn up. |
| thermosphere | The outermost layer it is very hot and it contains the ionosphere |
| exosphere | the part of the atmosphere beyond the thermosphere |
| ionshere | in the thermosphere it contains charged particles that transmit frequencies to send satellite signals. |
| front | the boundary line formed when 2 air masses meet. |
| warm front | warm air overtakes cold causing clouds and rain followed by warm sunny skies. |
| cold front | cold air mass overtakes warm causing rain, clouds, and low temps. |
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