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study of earth's atmosphere
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meteorology
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the layer of the atmosphere that extends upward from the troposphere to an altitude of 50km contains the ozone layer
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stratosphere
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only H gas here; many satellites orbit here; von allen belts found hole here
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exosphere
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the continuous movement of water from the atmosphere to earth & back
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water cycle
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any form of water that falls back to earth's surface from clouds includes rain, snow, sleet and hail
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precipitation
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the quantity of water vapor in the atmosphere
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humidity
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large body of air which uniform temperature and moisture content
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air mass
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boundary where a warmer air mass pushes into a cooler air mass; long periods of steady rain
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warm front
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mercury barometer
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sling psychrometer
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line dran on a weather map connecting points of equal barometric or atmospheric pressure
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isobar
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carrier water
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convection
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found hole in exosphere
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Van Allen Belts
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trade winds
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polar easterlies
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blanket or ocean of air that surrounds the earth
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atmosphere
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coldest layer of the atmosphere; located above the stratosphere
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mesosphere
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jet stream
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change of a liquid to gas
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evaporation
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change of a solid to a gas
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sublimation
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ratio of the quantity of water vapor in air to the max quantity of water vapor that can be present at that temperature
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relative humidity
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boundary between air masses of different densities
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front
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the atmosperic condition in which warm air traps cooler air near earth's surface
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temperature inversion
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anedoid barometer
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weather
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temperature
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travels in form of waves
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radiation
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polar easterlies - air rises
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doldrums
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horse latitude
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the form of atmospheric oxygen that has 3 atoms per molecule
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ozone
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the atmospheric layer closest to earth's surface where
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troposphere
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atmosphereic layer above the mesosphere
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thermosphere
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ionosphere
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change from gas to liquid
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condensation
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evaporation of water throught the plant's pores
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transpiration
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temperature to which air must be cooled for condensation to occur
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dew point
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boundary where a cooler air mass pushes into a warmer air mass; often brings T-storms & squal lines
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cold front
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T-storms in the Indian Ocean
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cyclone
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general weather conditions over many years
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climate
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the process by which the atmosphere traps some of the energy from the sun in the troposhere
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greenhouse effect
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direct contact
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conduction
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the pressure due to the weight of the atmosphere; also called air pressure or atmospeheric pressure
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barometric pressure
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the change in the direction of an objects path due to earth's rotation
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coriolis effect
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prevailing easlerlies
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ozone layer
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