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Weather And Climate

TermDefinition
Air Pressure The weight of the atmosphere pushing down on any given surface.
Troposphere The 1st layer of the atmosphere, contains most of the overall mass in the atmosphere. This is were all weather happens.
Ozone A form of oxygen that blocks some of the harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun
Barometer A tool that is used to measure air pressure using numbers.
Altitude How high or low an object is from the earth's surface.
Stratosphere This layer contains the ozone layer and is the layer were most commercial planes fly
Isobar A line going across a map that shows if the air pressure is high or low in a general area.
Wind The movement of air.
Climate Average weather in an area over a long period of time.
Mesosphere This is the coldest layer of the atmosphere, This layer also burns up meteoroids as they enter the mesosphere
Radiation The transfer of heat through open space
Coriolis Effect The earth is constantly moving which causes wind patters to curve.
Weather The day-to-day state of the atmosphere
Thermosphere Hottest layer of the atmosphere because this is where the sun hits first. It contains a layer of charged atoms called the ionosphere
Conduction The transfer of heat through objects that are making direct contact.
Atmosphere Earth's atmosphere is the blanket of gasses that surrounds and protects us.
Exosphere The exosphere is that last layer of the atmosphere and is very thin, and does not have a specific outer limit.
Convection The transfer of heat through the movement of fluids.
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