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| What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere? |
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| What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere? |
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What is the most abundant gas in the air we breathe?
(75% of the air) |
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| In what layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer located? |
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| Where does most of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere come from? |
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| What happens to the air pressure when you increase altitude? |
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| What layer is above the troposphere? |
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| Does cold air sink or rise at the poles? |
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| By differences in air pressure |
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| What’s the top layer of the atmosphere? |
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| Wind belts between 30 degrees and 60 degrees latitude are called? |
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| Where does most of the Carbon Monoxide come from? |
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| What is the greenhouse effect? |
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| Gases in the atmosphere trap thermal energy (natural heating process) |
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| What is the coriolis effect? |
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Curving of moving objects, such as wind, by the Earth's rotation
(Effected by Northern and southern hemisphere) |
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| Wind belts that extend from poles to 60 degrees latitude? |
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| Transfer of thermal energy by movement of liquids of gases |
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