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AtmosphereLayers
This is a 6th grade study stack
Question | Answer |
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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 |