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notes on atmosphere and cycles in the atmosphere

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What is the atmosphere?   a thin layer of air that forms a protective covering around the planet  
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The layer of atmosphere that we live in is the __________.   troposphere  
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The most common gas in our atmosphere is ______.   nitrogen 78%  
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The two major gases that make up our atmosphere is _____ and _____, but there are many other gases in our atmosphere like:   nitrogen 78% and oxygen 21%aragon, carbon dioxide, water vapor, neon, helium, methane, krypton, xeron, hydrogen, ozone  
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The tempature is the hottest in what atmosphereic layer?   thermosphere  
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The layer of atmosphere that contains the ozone layer is the _________.   stratosphere  
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Harmful energy that comes from the sun is ________ __________.   ultraviolet radiation  
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Chemical compounds that pollute the atmosphere are _______________.   chlorofluorocarbon  
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Atmospheric makeup- mixture of gases, _______, and liquids   solids  
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Volcanoes produced nitrogen and carbon dioxide, but little ________.   oxygen  
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More than 2 billion years ago ________ began producing oxygen   organisms  
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eventually oxygen formed an ________ layer that protected Earth from harmful rays   ozone  
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_________ plants and diverse life forms developed   green  
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atmospheric _______ include nitrogen 78%, oxygen 21%, carbon dioxide, water vapor, and aragon.   gases  
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atmosphere is changing with the introduction of pollutants; increasing human energy use is increasing the amount of __________.   carbon dioxide  
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Pollutants mix with oxygen and other chemicals to form _______   smog  
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_________ include dust, salt, and pollen   solids  
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_________ include water droplets, and droplets from volcanoes.   liquids  
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______ atmospheric layers   five  
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Lower Layers : Lowest layer, where humans live, is the __________, which extends about 10 km up, and contains most of the water vapor and gases.   troposphere  
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extending 10 km to 50 km above earth, the _______ contains ozone   stratosphere  
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Upper Layers: _________ extends from 50 km to 85 km and is the layer in which meteors are visible   mesosphere  
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thickest part of the atmosphere is from 85 km to 500 km and is called the _________ for its high tempature   thermosphere  
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within the mesosphere and thermospere is a layer of charged particles called the _________ that can help carry radio waves   ionosphere  
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__________- outer layer of atmosphere in which the space shuttle flies; has very few molecules   exosphere  
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___________- molecules closer to the surface are more densley packed (at higher pressure)than those higher in the atmosphere because of the mass of gases pressing down from higher atmosphere   atmospheric perssure  
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The troposphere is warmed primarily by the Earth's surface; tempature __________ as altitude increases   decreases  
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Tempatures _______ as altitude increases in the stratosphere, particularly the upper portion because ozone absorbs energy from the Sun.   increase  
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tempatures _______ with altitude in the mesosphere   decrease  
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thermosphere and exosphere are the first to recieve the sun's rays, so they are very ___   hot  
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__________- about 19 km to 48 km above earth in the stratosphere, this layer of 3-atom oxygen milecules protects the Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation   ozone layer  
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Luife on earth, as we know it ______ on it.   depends  
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Pollutants called _______ (CFCs) are destroying the ozone layer   chlorofluorocarbons  
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The ozone layer has a large hole over _________   Antartica  
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some energy from theh Sun is reflected back into _______ some is abosorbed by the ________, and some is absorbed by _________ and water on Earth's surface   space, atmosphere, and land  
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________- energy that flows from an object with a gigher tepaerature to on ewith a lower tempature   heat  
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___________ energy transferred in rays or waves   radiation  
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___________transfer of energy when molecules bump into each other through contact   conductiono  
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____________ transfer of heat by the flow of a material   concection  
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