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Weather Part 1 Vocab

TermDefinition
Air Pressure The measure of the force with air molecules push on a surface.
Altitude Elevation height above sea level.
Troposphere Lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere; 0-17 km above earth's surface, site of weather, organisms, contains most atmospheric water vapor.
Stratosphere 2nd layer of atmosphere; extends from 10 to 30 miles; location of zone layer; absorbs 95% of Ultraviolet radiation; temp increases. with altitude increases.
Thermosphere The fourth layer of the atmosphere, in which temp increases as altitude increases.
Exosphere The outer layer of the thermosphere, extending outward into space.
Atmospheric gases Nitrogen makes up 78%, 21% oxygen, and remaining 1% is carbon dioxide, water vapor and other gases.
Nitrogen Most abundant gas in the atmosphere 78%
Oxygen Gas that makes up 21% of the air in Earth's atmosphere. It Passes into the bloodstream at the lungs and travels to all body cells.
Carbon Dixon A greenhouse gas: a gas that absorb and radiates heat.
Traces Gases Gases such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide argon that exist in very small quantities in the atmosphere; gases that make up less than 1% of Earth's atmosphere.
Water Vapor Water in the form of a gas.
Fossil Fuels A natural substances formed form the buried remains of ancient organisms that can be used as a source of energy.
Greenhouse Gases gases in Earth's atmosphere that traps heat near the surface.
Water Cycle The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back.
Evaporation The change of a substances from a liquid to a gas.
Condensation The change from a gas to a liquid.
Precipitaion Any from of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface ( rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
Transportation Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
Crystallization The process by which a substance becomes solid, sort of like freezing.
surface runoff Water that flows over land until it reaches lakes, rivers, or other areas.
Groundwater flow Water that is flowing beneath Earth's surface.
Dew Water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air.
Frost Ice formed when water vapor changes directly into ice cycles.
Green house Effect A warning of Earth's surface and the air above it. It is caused by gasses in the air that trap energy from the sun.
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