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| Layers of gasses that surrounds a planet |
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| How did oxygen get into the atmosphere? |
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| What gasses is the atmosphere made up of? |
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Nitrogen (78%)
Oxygen (21%)
Other (1%) |
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| What is the importance of the atmosphere #1 |
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| What is the importance of the atmosphere #2 |
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| Stabilizes surface temperature (traps solar heat) |
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| What is the importance of the atmosphere #3 |
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| Protects us from meteors (they burn up) |
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| What is the importance of the atmosphere #4 |
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| Ozone layer protects us from harmful rays (UV) |
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| Troposphere (closest to the earth) |
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| What happens when you go from one layer to another? |
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| The temperature changes (cold to hot to cold) |
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| Pressure caused by air molecules |
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| What does the Ozone layer do? |
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| What does the Ozone layer do with the UV rays? |
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| It absorbs the energy from them |
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| What is destroying the Ozone layer? |
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| CFC's destroy it (found in aerosol sprays and refrigerators) |
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| Where is the Ozone layer the weakest? |
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| Energy that flows form a hotter object to a cooler object |
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Energy transferred by waves
-getting sunburn |
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Energy transferred by touch
-burning your feet on hot pavement |
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Energy transferred by currents (air or water)
-warm air rising to the attic |
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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 stream and rivers |
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| True or False? Water heats up faster than land. |
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| True or False? Hot air rises. |
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| Areas near the equator with little wind |
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