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27 Cards in this Set
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troposphere
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lowest one, holds 99% water vapor and 75% atmosphereic gases, where weather and clouds occure
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jet stream
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narrow belt of strong winds that blow near the top of the troposphere
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coriolis
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causes wind and water to turn right in the northern hempisphere and left in the southern hemisphere
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thermosphere
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second to last layer, 85-500 km in space, high temp, ionosphere
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heat
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transfer of energy flowing from an object of high temp to an object with low temp
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hydrosphere
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waters of the earth
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water cycle
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repeating pattern of the water moving between atmosphere and earth
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exosphere
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last layer, few particles, no clear boundry between it and space
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radiation
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transfer of energy through waves/rays
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sea breeze
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movement of air from sea to land during the day
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what can happen to heat
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escape back into space, absorbed by atmosphere, absorbed by land and water
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water cylce process
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evaporatoin, condensation,precipitation, run-off
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what can happen to rain
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abosorbed by ground, runoff, evaporate back to atmosphere to continue water cylce
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ultraviolet radiatoin
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one of many types of energy released by sun…. Too much exposure= skin cancer
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condensation
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process of water vapor turning into liquid
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ozone layer
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thin layer that protects us from harmful sunrays
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land breeze
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movement of air from land to sea during the night
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chloroflourocarbons (cfc)
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group of chemical compounds used in refrigerator, ac, foam packaging, and aersole spray that may enter the atmosphere and destroy it
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process to make smog
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a lot of coal, gasoline, and other fossil fuels burn up= nitrogen and sulfur……. Nitrogen + oxygen……. Sunlight reacts with gases= SMOG
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smog
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mixture of compounds that include sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen
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precipitation
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water fallinf from the clouds in form of rain,snow, hail, sleet. As they fall they become bigger
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ionosphere
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layer inside mesosphere and thermosphere that holds electrically charged particles
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conduction
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energy transferred by molecules bumping into each other
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startosphere
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on top of troposphere, 10-30 km high, ozone layer is there
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atmosphere
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thin layer of air that acts as a protective covering over the earth
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convection
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transfer of heat through the flow of materials
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mesospere
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on top of the stratosphere….. Up to 85 km high…. Usually where shooting starts burn up……… holds a piece of ionosphere
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