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Four main layers of the atomosphere....
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TROPOSPHERE, STRATOSPHERE,
MESASPHERE,THEREMOSPHERE... |
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CONDUCTION.....
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THE TRANSFER OF HEAT BETWEEN TWO PARTS....
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CONVETION......
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THE TRANSFER OF HEAT BY THE MOVEMENT OF THE HEATED PARTS OF A LIQUID OR GAS
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RADIATION.....
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THE PROCESS OF WHICH ENERGY IS EMMITIED
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AIR DENSITIY....
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THE MASS OF UNIT VOLUME
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AIR PRESSURE
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FOURCE PER UNIT AREA
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POLAR EASTERLIES
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THE DRY ,COLD PREVAILING WINDS
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PREVAILING WESTERLIES
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PREVAILING WINDS IN THE MIDDLE LATITUDES
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HORSE LATITUDES
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AREA ON THE EARTH BETWEEN THE TROPICS
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TRADE WINDS
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MOVEMENT OF AIR TOWARD THE EQUATER
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% OF EACH GAS IN OUR ATOMSPHERE....
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NITROGEN=78%
OXYGEN=21% ARGON=.9%\ OTHER GASSES=.07% |
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OZONE........
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A FORM OF OXYGEN
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LAND BREZZE.....
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WIND THAT BLOWS ON THE LAND
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JET STREAM....
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NARROW BELTS OF HIGH SPEED WINDS
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AIR POULLITION
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CONTAMINATION IN THE AIR
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GLOBAL WARMMING
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WHEN TOO MUCH HOT AIR REACHES THE EARTH
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WIND.....
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MOVEMENT OF AIR
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CORIOLIS EFFECT
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THE CURRVING OF THE PATH OF WINDS AND OCEAN CURRENTS DUE TO THE EARTHS ROATION.
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greenhouse effect
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a process by which thermal radiation from the planetary surface absorbed by atmospheric green house gases
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