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| layer of gases that surrounds a planet |
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| What is the atmosphere made up of? |
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| Nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor, and carbon dioxide |
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| What percent does nitrogen make up of the atmosphere? |
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| What percent does oxygen make up of the atmosphere? |
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| What percent does water vapor and carbon dioxide make up of the atmosphere? |
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| stabilizes surface temperature (traps solar heat) |
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| Protects us from meteors (they burn up) |
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| Ozone layer protects us from harmful rays (UV) |
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| What layer of the atmosphere do we live in? |
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| What layer of the atmosphere is closest to Earth's surface? |
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| T/F: The temperature balances and stays the same as you move from layer to layer? |
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| F; the temperature changes as you move from one layer to another (colder to hotter to colder) |
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| pressure caused by air molecules above |
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| Where is atmospheric pressure greatest? |
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| Protects us against UV rays |
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| Absorb energy from UV rays |
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| What destroys the ozone layer |
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| Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) |
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| Where is an ozone hole forming over? |
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| T/F: Governments like CFCs |
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| F; Some governments have banned CFCs |
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| What does energy originate from? |
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| energy that flows from a hotter object to a cooler object |
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| energy transferred by waves |
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| energy transferred by touch |
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| energy transferred by currents (air or water) |
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| when water changes to water vapor |
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| when water vapor changes to water |
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| when water droplets fall from clouds |
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| water in streams and rivers |
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