Earth Science Chapter 11

Front 1

atmosphere

Back 1

envelope of gases that surrounds the earth

Front 2

matter

Back 2

anything that has mass and volume

Front 3

respiration

Back 3

process by which living things combine oxygen with food to get energy

Front 4

ionosphere

Back 4

upper layer of the atmosphere

Front 5

stratosphere

Back 5

middle layer of the atmosphere

Front 6

tropopause

Back 6

place where the troposphere ends

Front 7

troposphere

Back 7

lowest layer of the atmosphere

Front 8

radiant energy

Back 8

energy that can travel through empty space

Front 9

radiation

Back 9

movement of energy through empty space

Front 10

conduction

Back 10

movement of heat through a solid

Front 11

convection

Back 11

movement of heat through a liquid or gas

Front 12

newton

Back 12

metric unit of force

Front 13

pressure

Back 13

amount of force on a unit of area

Front 14

barometer

Back 14

instrument used to measure air pressure

Front 15

air current

Back 15

up and down movement of air

Front 16

wind

Back 16

horizontal movement of air

Front 17

global winds

Back 17

large wind systems around the earth

Front 18

jet stream

Back 18

belt of high speed wind

Front 19

monsoon

Back 19

wind that changes direction with the seasons

Front 20

anemometer

Back 20

instrument used to measure wind speed

Front 21

wind vane

Back 21

instrument used to measure wind direction