Unit 6 Vocab - Part 1
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| weather | the condition of earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place
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| atmosphere | the envelope of gases that surround the planet
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| ozone | a form of oxygen that has 3 oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of the usual 2
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| water vapor | water in the form of a gas
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| pollutant | harmful substances in the air, water or soil
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| photochemical smog | the brown haze that develops in sunny cities
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| acid rain | rain that contains more acid than normal
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| troposphere | the inner, or lowest, layer of atmosphere in which earth's weather occurs
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| stratosphere | the second layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer
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| mesosphere | the middle layer of the atmosphere that protects earth's surface from being hit by most meteoroids
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| thermosphere | the outermost layer of earth's atmosphere
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| ionosphere | the lower layer of the thermosphere
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| exosphere | the outer portion of the thermosphere
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| tropo- | turning or changing
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| meso- | middle
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| exo- | outer
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| thermo- | heat
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| air pressure | gravities push on the layers of air down on the Earth's surface
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| atom | the smallest unit of a chemical element that can exist by itself
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
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To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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