Vocab
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| atmosphere | a thin layer of gases surrounding the earth
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| water vapor | water in its gaseous form.
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| troposphere | the atmospheric layer closest to the Earth's surface.
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| stratosphere | the second layer away from the Earth's surface.
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| ozone layer | the area of the stratosphere with a high concentration of O3.
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| ionosphere | the region within the mesosphere and the thermosphere that contains ions.
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| nitrogen | most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
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| oxygen | the gas in the atmosphere that animals use as they breath.
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| radiation | the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
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| conduction | the transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles of matter.
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| convection | the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of matter from one place to another.
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| stability | describes whether circulating air motions are strong or weak.
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| temperature inversion | occurs in the troposphere when temperature increases as altitude increases.
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| reflection | the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it.
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| absorption | the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another.
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