Atmosphere flash cards
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| Atmospere | The mixture of gases that surround earth.
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| Ozone | A form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of the usual two it is a toxic form of oxygen.
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| Air pollution | A change to the atmosphere that has harmful effects.
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| Emissions | Solid particles and gases released into the air from a smockstack or motor veichle.
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| Photochemical smog | A brownish haze that is a mixture of ozone and other chemicals, formed when nitrogen oxides,hydrocarbons and other pollutants react with one another in the presence of sunlight.
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| Temperature inversion | The condition in which a layer of warm air thats polluted air close to earth's surface.
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| Acid rain | Rain that is more acidic than normal, caused by release of molecules of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide into the air.
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| Chlorofluorocarbons | Chlorine compounds formerly used in air conditioners,refrigarators and spray cans; also called CFC's.
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| Greenhouse effect | The process by which heat is trapped in the atmosphere by water vapor,carbon dioxide,methane and other gases that form a blsnket around the earth.
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| Greenhouse gases | Gases in the atmosphere that trap heat.
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| Global warming | A gradual increase in the temperature of earth's atmosphere.
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| Altitude | Elavation above sea level.
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| Troposphere | The lowest layer of earth's atmosphere, where weather occurs.
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| Stratosphere | The second-lowest layer of earth's atmosphere; the ozone layer is located in the upper stratosphere.
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| Mesosphere | The middle layer of earth's atmosphere; the layer in which most meteorites burn up.
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| Thermosphere | The outermost layer of earth's atmosphere.
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| Ionosphere | The lower part of the thermosphere, where electrically charged particles called ions are found.
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| Aurora borealis | A colorful,glowing display in the sky caused when particles from the sun strike oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the ionosphere; also called the northern lights.
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| Exosphere | The outer layer of the thermosphere extending outward into space.
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