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weather part 1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| air pressure | the measure of force with which air molecules push on a surface |
| altitude | elevation/height |
| mesosphere | middle layer of atmosphere; coldest layer |
| troposphere | lowest layer of the atmosphere ; site of weather and organisms |
| stratosphere | 2nd layer of the atmosphere ; location of ozone layer |
| thermosphere | the fourth layer of the atmosphere in which temperature increases as altitude increases |
| exosphere | the outer layer of the thermosphere extending into space |
| atmospheric gases | nitrogen takes up 78% ,28% of oxygen and remaining 1% is carbon |
| nitrogen | most abundant gas in the atmosphere |
| oxygen | gas that makes up 21% of the air in all of earths atmosphere it passes into the blood stream and travels to all body cells |
| carbon dioxide | a greenhouse gas : a gas that absorbs and radiates heat |
| trace gases | gasses such as hydrogen, helium,carbon dioxide and argon |
| water vapor | water in the form of gas |
| fossil fuels | a natural substance formed from the buried remains of ancient organisms that can be used as a source of energy |
| greenhouse gases | gasses in earths atmosphere that trap heat near the surface |
| water cycle | the continuous process by which water moves from earths atmosphere and back |
| evaporation | the change of substance from liquid to a gas |
| condensation | the change from gas to liquid |
| percipitation | any forms of water that falls from the class |
| transpiration | evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant |
| crystalization | the process by which a substance becomes a solid like freezing |
| surface runoff | water that flows over land until it reaches lake s river or other areas |
| groundwater flow | water that is flowing beneath the earths surface |
| dew | water that has condenced on a cool surface overnight from water vapor |
| frost | ice formed when water vapor changes directly into ice crystals |
| ozone | part of earths upper atmosphere it protects people by absorbing harmful rays from the sun |
| greenhouse effect | a warming of earths surface and the air above it caused by gasses in the air |