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weather part1
| Air pressure | the measure of the force with which 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 up; location of ozone layer; absorbs 95% of Ultraviolet radiation; temperature increases with altitude increase. |
| Thermosphere | the fourth layer of the increases, in which temperature increases as altitude increases |
| Mesosphere | - middle layer of the atmosphere; 51-85 km above Earth’s surface; coldest layer,this is where meteors burn up |
| Exosphere | |
| Atmospheric Gases | |
| Nitrogen (N2) | |
| 10.Oxygen (O2) | |
| Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | |
| race Gases | |
| 13.Water Vapor | |
| 13.Water Vapor | |
| 15.Greenhouse Gases | |
| 17.Evaporation | |
| 18.Condensation | |
| 19.Precipitation |