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name two ways in which carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere
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1. We exhale carbon dioxide
2. The burning of fossil fuels |
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What is water vapor?
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Water- vapor is water in the form of gas. it is invisible
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What is density? state the formula.
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density is the amount of mass in a given volume.
density= mass/volume |
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What is altitude?
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Altitude is the distance above sea level, the average level of the surface of the oceans. Air pressure decreases as altitude increases. As air pressure decreases so does density.
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What is air pressure measured in?
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inches of mercury or inches
or millibars |
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Why is it so hot in the thermosphere?
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because tht is where the layer of atmosphere that first takes the suns energy.
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