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Flash cards for the upcoming atmosphere test.

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show The atmosphere is all of the air on Earth. It's important because it protects us from harmful UV rays and gives us the oxygen we need to breathe.  
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show Water vapor gets into the atmosphere: Hydrosphere Life needs oxygen to live: Biosphere Wind erodes rocks: Geosphere  
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show Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere Exosphere  
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3 Most abundant gases - most to least abundant?   show
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Ozone layer and its importance?   show
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show The ionosphere is a layer going from the mesosphere to the exosphere full of charged particles. It reflects radio waves.  
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As altitude increases in the troposphere, temp does what?   show
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Layers are classified by what?   show
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show Increases  
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As altitude increases, molecules do become more what?   show
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Water vapor is the only state of matter found in the atmosphere - TRUE OR FALSE?   show
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What is the name of the gas composed of 3 oxygen atoms?   show
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show Dew point.  
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Humidity is the amount of _____ _____ in the air - fill in the blank.   show
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show Shape and altitude.  
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Clouds at higher altitudes are made of what?   show
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The kind of precipitation depends on what?   show
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show The greenhouse effect is when air in the atmosphere traps in heat. This keeps Earth hot enough to have life.  
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show Global warming is the Earth rapidly heating up from an abundance of dangerous greenhouse gases.  
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show Climate change is the slow change of the weather and temperature patterns. Climate change is good when it's slow, but global warming has made it change rapidly., this can cause deaths, loss of homes, and destruction.  
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show How much heat a gas can hold in. The lower the better. Compared to carbon dioxide.  
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show See the next 2 questions below.  
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Good gases:   show
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Bad gases:   show
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What is the AQI.   show
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