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Troposphere
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the first sphere where most of most of our planes fly and where clouds form and living things breath
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Stratosphere
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second sphere where some really advancedplanes fly and ozone layer
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Metosphere
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the third sphere where meteors are found and also the coldest sphere
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Thermosphere
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the fourth sphere and the warmest sphere where spaceships burn and the northern lights take place
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Exosphere
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also known as space where there are satellites
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Ozone layer
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a layer of gas, O3 about 20 km above the earth in the strosphere, produced naturally. It stops the suns too many of the sun's UV rays from getting to earth. when the gas O3 is found lowere down, we can breath it in it becomes dangerous for our health. *
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Weather
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condition of the stmosphere at any singular moment, characterized by air temp, pressure, humidity, clouds, precip, visability (fog), and wind.
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Climate
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can change over a long period of time, typical weather experienced over a long period of time at any partiular location
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Grassland
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climate: extreme weather
precipitation: ranges between 10 and 50 inches |
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Tundra
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climate: cold (high 12 and 54)
precipitation: _______________ |
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Freshwater
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climate: bitterly cold
precipitation: humid, __________ |
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Marine
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climate: water
4 ocean zones * |
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Desert
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climate: depending
precipitation:not much |
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Forest
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climate: warm and humid, cold and moist
Precipitation: a lot |
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Global Warming
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when too many green house gasses are being produced and being naturally let off, so trapping sun's energy and warming earth.
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Greenhouse Effect
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The natural rise in temp because certain gasses trap energy from the sun. w/out, temperatures would drop because warm air will go back to space
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Air masses
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masses of air that have own temperature, density, weater paterns.
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Continental Artic (cA)
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Usually high pressure, dry, bitterly cold, no clouds, no precipitation
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Continental polar (cP)
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high pressure, dry, cold, no clouds, no precipitation
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maritime polar
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low pressure, cold, no clouds (fog), moist, no precipitation
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maritime tropic
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low pressure, warm, clouds (storm clouds), precipitation
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Continental tropic
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high pressure, warm, no clouds, no precipitation, dry
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High pressure system
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cold and dense air in a pressure system that make up airmasses that sink
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low pressure system
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warm and not so dense air in a pressure system that is way up above, and has clouds
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Cold front
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the front of an approaching cold air mass
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warm front
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the front of an approaching warm air mass
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Density (question)
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layers of atmosphere (tropo more dense, ect.)
layers of geosphere (convection currents, lava underneath earth's crust |
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Convection currents (question)
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tropo: controls weather, hot air (low pressure systems) rises, cold air (high pressure systems) sink.
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