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23 Cards in this Set
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rate that describes temperature drop in the troposphere
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lapse
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most abundant gas discovered by Rutherford
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nitrogen
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effect caused by indirect solar warming of atmosphere
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greenhouse
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layer in the stratosphere and protects us from UV
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ozone
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mixture of gases up to 80km.
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homosphere
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layer where weather happens
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troposphere
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condition of atmosphere at any time
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weather
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humidity that the air does hold
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relative
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gas consumed by burning
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oxygen
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ionosphere has an abundance of these
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ions
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uppermost layer
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thermosphere
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the stratosphere contains the what stream
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jet
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what air is more dense then cold air
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cold
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layer above the stratosphere
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mesosphere
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wind chill is the apparent decrease in what
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temperature
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alto is prefix for what clouds
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middle
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water vapor changes directly to a solid on a cooler surface
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frost
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particlesw in clouds condense around a what kind of nuclei
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condensation
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results in brief showers or thunderstorms
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convection currents
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mare's tail describes these clounds
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sirrus
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number of sides of most snowflakes
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six
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frozen drops of water
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sleet
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change of state directly from solid to gas
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submilation
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