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| What gas did Daniel Rutherford discover? |
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| What gas did Daniel Rutherford discover? |
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| What gas is consumed by burning? |
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| What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere? |
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| What layer touches the earth's surface? |
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| The steady in temperature in the troposphere |
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| What atmospheric layer is free of clouds and dust? |
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| What is ozone composed of? |
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| How much incoming solar radiation is reflected by the atmosphere? |
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| How much incoming solar radiation is reflected by the atmosphere? |
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| How much incoming solar radiation is reflected by the atmosphere? |
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| What is relative humidity? |
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| The amount of water that the air does hold compared to the amount is could hold |
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| The decrease in the apparent air temperature. |
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| What is the most common form of precipitation? |
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| What did Priestly and Scheele discover? |
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| Where does aircraft fly to avoid storms? |
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| What temperature of the atmosphere is found at the top of the mesosphere? |
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| What atmospheric layer acts as a shield to protect us by absorbing the harmful ultraviolet radiation? |
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| What region holds charged particles such as protons and electrons? |
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| What type of pressure is associated with cool, clear weather? |
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| What is needed to make perspiration evaporate quickly? |
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| An easterly wind is one that come from where? |
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| What would happen is the atmosphere was 78% oxygen, instead of 21%? |
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| Fires would burn out of control |
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| Where does most of the heat from the air come from? |
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| What are five conditions usually included in the description of weather? |
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| temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation |
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| What is the definition of atmosphere? |
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| the layer of air and gases surrounding the earth |
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| What is the heterosphere? |
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| The layer above the homosphere |
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| the homogeneous mixture of gases |
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| paths of fast winds in the stratosphere |
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| What is the magnetosphere? |
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| a zone extending thousands of kilometers above the earth's surface |
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| the layer directly above the stratoshpere |
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| What is the stratosphere? |
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| The layer that contains jet streams, the second temperature layer |
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| What is the thermosphere? |
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| the uppermost layer of temperature |
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| the weather layer, the lowest temperature layer |
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| What is absolute humidity? |
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| amount of water the atmosphere can hold |
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| What is atmospheric pressure? |
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| weight of the atmospheric gases |
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| What is the greenhouse effect? |
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| indirect warming of the air |
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| the sudden drop in temperature |
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| the study of the atmosphere |
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| What is relative humidity? |
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| the amount of water vapor the atmosphere does hold |
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| the condition of the atmosphere at any given time |
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| What day did God make the atmosphere on? |
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| What did the Greeks believe the four elements were? |
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| How much does the water vapor vary near the surface of the earth? |
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| True or False: In the troposphere, the temperature increases as altitude increases? |
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| Where does the continual mixing of cold and warm air occur? |
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| The magnetosphere protects us from what? |
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| cosmic and solar radiation |
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