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| What do mountain waves create? | Lenticular Clouds
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| What does vertical movements of air that are strong called? | Stable Air
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| 20% of the radiation from the Sun is what? | Absorbed by Particles in the Atmosphere
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| About 50% of the Sun's rays are what? | Absorbed by Earth's Surface
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| What are three kinds of energy transfers? | Conduction, Convection, and Latent Heat
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| What is the term for the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves? | Radiation
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| Three components that make up almost all the energy Earth receives from the Sun are what? | Visible Light, Infa Red (IR), Ultraviolet Light (UV)
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| What is absorbed radiation reemitted as? | Infa Red (IR) or "Heat"
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| About 50% of what is absorbed by Earth's surface? | Incoming Solar Radiation
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| When warm air rises, energy is transferred to the atmosphere by what? | Convection
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| Rising air is always accompanied by what kind of air? | sinking
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| When air is________, the vertical movements of air are strong. | unstable
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| What kind of air has weak movements? | stable air
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| When does temperature inversion occur? | when air in the upper troposphere is warmer than air in the lower tropospere
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| In what form does solar energy travel to Earth? | It comes in three types of radiation, visible light, ultraviolet light, and Infa Red Heat
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| What name is given to the process depicted in the diagram? | The GreenHouse Effect
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| Which gases in the atmosphere contribute the most to this process? | Carbon Dioxide, Methane Gas, Water Vapor
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| The warming rays of the Sun are what type of thermal energy? | Infa Red or Heat or Radiation
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| The flow of ocean currents is what type of thermal energy? | Convection
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| A branding iron making a mark is what type of thermal energy? | Conduction
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| Hot feet from hot sand is what type of thermal energy? | Conduction
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| A cool breeze is what type of thermal energy? | Convection
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| Heat from glowing coals is what type of thermal energy? | Infa Red or Heat or Radiation
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| High-altitude air streams are what type of thermal energy? | Convection
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| The warmth of a heating pad is what type of thermal energy? | Conduction
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