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16 Cards in this Set
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4 ain layers of the atmoshere
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Troposhere, Stratosphere, Mesophere, Thermosphere
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Conduction?
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Is the transfer of thermal energy through a material.
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Convection?
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The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid gas.
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Radiation?
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The transfer of thermal energy as a electromagnetic wave.
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Air Density- Explain high & low?
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Lower pressure & higher pressure.
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Air pressure?
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The contamination of the atmosphere by the introduction of pollutants from human & natural sorces.
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Polar easterlies?
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Wind belts found between 30' & 60' latitude in both hemispheres.
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Prevailing westerlies?
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Wind belts extend from the poles to 60' latitude in both hemispheres.
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Horse latitudes?
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About 30' north & 30' south latitude, sinking air creates an area of high air pressure.
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Trade winds?
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Both hemispheres, the wind that blow from 30' latitude almost to the equator.
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% of each gas in our atmosphere?
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10% & 20% & 70%
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Ozone?
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Produced when sunlight reacts with vehicle exhaust & air.
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Land breeze?
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Low level air.
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Sae breeze?
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High level air.
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Global warming?
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A gradual increase in average global temperature.
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Greenhouse effect?
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The warming of the surface & lower atmosphere of the Earth that occurs when water vapor, carbon dioxide, & other gases absorb & reradiate thermal energy.
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