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quarter 1 exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| hydrosphere | all water on earth plus the cryosphere |
| water cycle | the continuous movement of water above and below the earths surface |
| run off | more water then land can absorb |
| thermosphere | the 4th layer of earth's atmosphere, hottest layer |
| ozone layer | absorbs almost all of the suns harmful UV rays, located in the stratosphere |
| stratosphere | the layer of the earths atmosphere above the troposphere, planes, helicopters, and ozone layer |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere, wind, temp, clouds, moisture, humidity |
| front | the boundary between two air masses of different densities |
| warm front | warm air mass pushes into a cooler airmass |
| occluded front | a warm air mass gets caught between the cold air mass |
| stationary front | when a cold and warm fronts cant advance and get stuck trying to push each other |
| surface current | currents located in the upper 1300 feet of the ocean surface |
| evaporation | process by which a liquid turns into a gas |
| atmosphere | the layers of gases surrounding a planet of celestial body |
| precipitation | any water that is in the atmosphere and falls back to earth |
| greenhouse gas | gases in the earths atmosphere that traps heat |