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Atmosphere SOL 6.7

Air Composition, Pressure, & Layers

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78% of Earth's atmosphere nitrogen
The force of the air pushing down on an area of Earth's surface air pressure
as altitude increases, air pressure __________________. decreases
trace gases are ......... 1% of Earth's atmosphere (argon, CO2, water vapor, etc....)
21% of Earth's atmopshere oxygen
tool to measure air pressure barometer
tool to measure thermal air temperature thermometer
The layers of Earth's atmosphere are separated by... differences in temperature change
Layer of the atmopshere where weather occurs troposphere
meteors mainly burn up in this layer if Earth's atmosphere mesosphere
contains the Ozone layer stratosphere
height above sea level altitude
lines on a weather map connecting areas of equal air pressure isobars
air pressure associated with sunny and nice weather high pressure
air pressure associated with cloudy and rainy weather low pressure
three (3) standard air pressures 1013mb; 29.92" of mercury; 14.7psi
three ways in which the Earth's atmosphere protects life on the planet. 1. controls Earth temperatures 2. blocks harmful solar radiation (UV) 3. prevents most meteor impacts
layers of the atmosphere where satellites and the ISS can be found. thermosphere
only gas that can flucuate back and forth from Earth's geosphere to its atmosphere water vapor (water cycle)
Air pressure decreases as altitude ________________ increases
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