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a form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of teh usual two
gas that occurs naturally in the stratosphere - absorbs 99% of the UV radiation from sun |
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Try Some More Terrific Enchiladas
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Traiing So Many Talented Elephants |
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| Troposphere, stratopshere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, exosphere |
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the bottom layer of the atmosphere;
where we live;
temperature gets lower the higher up you go
75% of the atmospheric gasses, dust, ice and liquid water, |
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the second layer of the atmosphere
layer of ozone exists here -
jet stream occurs here - temperature increases with altitude |
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| middle layer of the atompshere where temperature decreases with altitude |
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outermost layer of the atmosphere;
starting from 80 km to the beginning of space- contains the IONOSPHERE- |
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| Upper most part of the atmosphere - space shuttle orbits here |
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| a layer of the Earth's atmosphere where ions and free electrons absorb AM radio waves during the day and reflect them back toward earth at night |
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| an atmospheric layer with a high concentration of ozone. - located in the stratosphere- shields us from harmful energy from the sun |
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| the direct transfer of heat energy from ONE SURFACE TO ANOTHER |
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| the transfer of heat energy in a fluid (gas or liquid). - a system of warm air rising and cool air sinking - makes convection currents |
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| 1st day of summer and longest sunlight |
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| 1st day of windter and shortest sulight |
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first day of spring = March 21
equal hours of day and night |
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first day of fall= september 21
equal day and equal night |
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| the energy transferred from one object to another because of difference in their temperatrues |
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is a measure of the average amount of energy each particle of a substance has while its moving.
measures how hot or bold a substance is |
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| the ransfer of heat energy through empty space |
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| occurs when light bounces off an object |
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| reflection of light in all directions |
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| the process by which heat is trapped in the atmosphere by gases that form a "blanket" around Earth |
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| is the part of toal radiation that is reflected by any surface |
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| curved line that connect locations on a weather map with the same temperature |
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