stack 4 mr.stephens
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| The mixture of gasses that surrond a planet or moon. | Atmosphere
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| The measure of the force with which air molecules push on the surface. | Air Pressure
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| The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves. | Radiation
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| The transfer of energy as heat through materials. | Thermal Conduction
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| The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas. | Convection
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| The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure. | Wind
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| The lowest layer of the atmosphere that decreases in temp. while incresase of altitude. | Troposphere
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| The layer of atmosphere above the Troposphere and the temp. increases as altitude incerases. | Stratosphere
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| The layer of atmosphere between the Stratosphere and Thermosphere and the temp. decreases as the altitude incerases. | Mesosphere
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| The uppermost layer of the atmosphere in which the temp. increases as the altitude increases. | Thermosphere
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| The warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of the Earth that occurs when water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases obsorb snd radiate thermal energy. | Greenhouse Effect
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| The gradual increase of average globsl temperature. | Global Warming
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| The apparent curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the rotation of the Earth. | Coriolis Effect
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| Prevailing winds that blow from east to west between 60 and 90 degrees latitude. | Polar Easterlies
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| Pervailing winds that blow west to east between the 30 and 60 degrees latitiude. | Westerlies
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| Prevaailing winds that blow north east from 30 degrees north latitude to the equator and that blow southeast from 30 degrees south latitude to the equator | Trade Winds
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| A narrow belt of strong winds that blow in the upper Troposphere | Jet Stream
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