Air, Air Pressure, Layers of Atmosphere, Transfer of Energy
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Weather | The condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
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| Atmosphere | The layer of gases that surrounds the Earth.
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| Ozone | A form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms instead of two.
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| Water Vapor | Water in a form of a gas.
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| Density | The amount of mass of a substance in a given value (D=Mass/Volume)
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| Pressure | The force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted.
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| Air Pressure | The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.
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| Barometer | An instrument used to measure air pressure.
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| Mercury Barometer | An instrument used to measure air pressure;consists of a glass tube partially filled with mercury, with its open end resting in a dish of mercury.
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| Aneroid Barometer | An instrument that measures air pressure without using a liquid.
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| Altitude | Elevation above sea level.
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| Troposphere | The lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere, where weather occurs.
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| Stratosphere | The second-lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere. The ozone layer can be found here.
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| Mesosphere | The layer of the Earth's atmosphere immediately above the stratosphere; the layer in which the meteroids burn up.
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| Thermosphere | The outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere;the hottest layer.
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| Ionosphere | The lower part of the thermesphere, where electrically charged particles called ions are found.
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| Exosphere | The outer layer of the thermosphere, extending into space.
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| Conduction | The direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another substance that it is touching.
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| Convection | The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid (liquid or gas).
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| Radiation | The direct transfer of energy by electronic waves.
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