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22 Cards in this Set
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What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere? |
troposphere |
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what is the layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere? |
stratosphere |
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What is the layer on top of the stratosphere? |
mesophere |
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What is the layer on top of mesophere? |
thermosphere |
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what is the top layer of the atmosphere? |
exosphere |
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is the atmosphere uniform? |
no |
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most of the air that is in the atmosphere is found where? |
troposphere |
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as you move up into the troposphere, the temperature ______ |
decreases |
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as you move up into the stratosphere, the temperature ______ |
increases |
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Which part of the atmosphere do planes fly and weather occurs? |
Troposphere |
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Where is the ozone layer found and radiation from the sun is absorbed and the temperature increases? |
Stratosphere |
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Which layer has meteors destroyed there and is the coldest |
Mesosphere |
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What layer is the warmest layer, has space shuttles and the international space station orbit there? |
Thermosphere |
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What layer is the thinnest and extends to 10000 km above the earth's surface |
Exosphere |
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Where is 80% of all the gas in the atmosphere found? |
Troposphere |
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In which layer does the atmosphere thins out to a vacuum? |
Exosphere |
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Nearly 99% of the atmosphere is made up by which 2 gases? |
Nitrogen and oxygen |
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The majority of the atmosphere is made up of what |
Nitrogen |
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Why is oxygen important? |
Plants and animals need it. |
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Too much or too little nitrogen changes what? |
The air pressure |
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Ozone water vapor and carbon dioxide are all what kind of gas? |
Trace gas |
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97% of ozone is found where? |
Stratosphere |
