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31 Cards in this Set
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sea breeze occurs at
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day
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what happens to the temperature as you go up in the troposhere
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decreases
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the burning of
causes global warming |
fossil fuels
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winds blow high pressure to low pressure
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from
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coolest time of day
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afternoon
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heats and cools faster than water
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land
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energy transfer through fluids
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convection
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what does the temperatures do as you go up in the stratosphere
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increases
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excessive long term heating of the atmosphere caused by the burning of fossil fuels
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global warming
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approximate height of the troposphere
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mt everest
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pressure is created when cool air sinks
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high
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another name for the bad ozone force that keeps the atmosphere next to earth
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smog
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force that keeps the atmosphere next to the earth
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gravity
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pressure is created when warm air rises
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low
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where the good ozone is located
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stratosphere
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lbs for square inch, is the weight of air at sealevel
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fifteen
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trapping of heat in the atmosphere by methane carbon dioxide, and water vapor
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greenhouse effect
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being around moderates
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water
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water heats and cools than land
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slower
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energy transfer due to the contact of molecules
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conduction
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insolation's wavelength
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short
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a kite would fly toward the at night
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ocean
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blocks UV radiation
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ozone
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only way energy can be transferred in space
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radiation
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a land breeze and a sea brezze are both winds
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cool
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what the good ozone absorbs
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UV radiation
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heat's wavelength
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long
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land breeze occurs at
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night
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78% of the atmosphere
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nitrogen
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layer of the atmosphere that we live in
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troposphere
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21% of the atmosphere
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oxygen
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