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What are the 4 main layers of the atmosphere ?
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Troposphere ( this is the one closest to the Earth), Stratosphere, Mesospher,and Thermosphere ( closets to outer space ).
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What is conduction ?
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Conduction is the transfer of energy as heat through a material.
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What is convection ?
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Convection is the transher of thermal energy by the ciculation or movement of a liquid or gas .
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What is radiation ?
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Radiation is the transfer of enegy as electromagnetic waves.
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What is air density? Explain the high and low of air density.
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Air density is how dens the air is . In the high the density is higherbut in the low the density is lower .
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What is air pressure ?
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Air pressure is the measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface . The higher up you go the less air pressure. The lower you go the more air pressure .
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What is polar easterlies ?
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Polar easterlies is prevailing winds that blow from east to west between 60 and 90 degres latitude in both hemispheres .
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What is prevailing westerlies or westerlies ?
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Prevailing westerlies is prevailing winds that blow from west to east between 60 and 90 degres latitude in both hemispheres.
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What is horse latitudes ?
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Horse latitudes are weak winds at 30 degres noth and south latitude.
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What are trade winds ?
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Trade winds are prevailing winds that blow northeast from 30 degres north latitude to the equator and that blow southeast from 3o degres south latitude to the equator.
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What is the presentage of each gas in our atmosphere ?
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78% nitrogen , 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.038 % carbon dioxide, and 1% water vapor.
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What is the ozone ?
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The ozone is the layer in between the stratosphere and the mesosphere.
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What is land breeze ?
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Land breeze is the way the land heats up durring the day and cools durring the night .
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What is sea breeze ?
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Sea breeze is how the sea heats up slower that land but cools slower than the land at night.
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Explain what global warming is ?
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Global warming is a gradual increase in average global temperature.
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The green house effect is ........
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The green house effect is the warming of the surface and the lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when water vapor , carbon dioxide, and other gases absorb and reradiate thermal energy .
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