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This is a 6th grade study stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 earths atmosphere |
| stratosphere | 2nd layer atmosphere |
| thermosphere | the fourth layer of the atmopsphere |
| exosphere | the outer layer of the thermosphere |
| atmospheric gases | nitrogen makes up 78%, 21%oxygen |
| Nitrogen (N2) | most abundant gas |
| Oxygen (O2) | gas makes up about 21% of the air in earths atmosphere |
| Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | a green house gas |
| trace gases | gases such as hydrogen helium carbon doixide and argon |
| water vapor | water in the form as a gas |
| fossil fuels | a nature substance found |
| greenhouse gases | gases in earth |
| water cycle | the continuous process by which water moves from earth surface |
| evaporation | liquid to gas |
| condensation | gas to liquid |
| precipitation | any form of water |
| transpiration | evaporation of water from the leaves of a plants |
| crystallization | the process substance becomes a solid sort of like freezeing |
| surface runoff | water that flows over land |
| groundwater flow | water that is flowing under earths surface |
| dew | water that has a condensed on a cool surface |
| frost | ice formed |
| ozone | part of earths upper atmosphere |
| greenhouse effect | warming of suns surface |