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| the envelope of gases surrounding earth |
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| The layer of atmosphere closest to earth? |
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| Carbon in the atmosphere retains what? |
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| Cumulo nimbus clouds show signs of? |
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| It takes years for climate to change but weather changes? |
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| The troposphere reaches ________miles up from sea level? |
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| What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere used for protein building? |
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| What is the second most abundant gas in the atmosphere needed for cellular respiration? |
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| Carbon dioxide is needed for? |
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| What is the percentage of oxgen in the atmosphere? |
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| What is the percent of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? |
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| What is the percent of nitrogen in the atmosphere? |
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| The Troposphere,Stratosphere,Mesosphere and Theremosphere are? |
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| The four layers of Earth atmosphere |
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| What is the densest layer of atmosphere were weaather occurs? |
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| In the troposphere tempature _______ as altitude increases? |
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| What layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer? |
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| In the stratosphere tempature _________ as altitude increases? |
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| What is coldest layer of the atmosphere were meteoroids burn ? |
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| In the mesosphere temperature ________as altitude increases? |
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| What layer of the atmosphere is split into two parts and is the hottest layer? |
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| What are the two parts of the thermosphere? |
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| Ionshphere and the Exosphere |
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| What is the outer most layer of the thermosphere? |
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| The ozone absorbs _______ and retain heat? |
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| What layer of the thermosphere does radio waves bounce off of ? |
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| UV ray kills microganisms and provides ? |
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| Uv rays allow the skin to generate ? |
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| Infrared waves are use for ? |
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| Heat and wireless connection |
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| Most of the heat of the sun is ? |
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| Reflected back into space or retained by the atmosphere |
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| There are three methods of earth atmosphere? |
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- Radation
- Conduction
- Convection
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| Engery transfere through direct contact ? |
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| Energy transfered through density? |
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| Hot air rises, cool air _________? |
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| What is the force exerted on Earth's surface due to gravity pulling on the atmosphere? |
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| The difference in pressure (in air) causes? |
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| Four factors that work together to effect weather? |
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- Wind
- Humidity
- Air Pressure
- Temperature
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| Temperature Inversion is? |
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| When hot air is trapped between two layers of cool air |
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| Sunlight strikes Earth unevenly due to? |
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| Earth's tilt and curved surface |
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| Heat moving around Earth due to convection, conduction, and radiation has? |
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| The ___ gets more heat than anywhere else on Earth? |
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| The Coriolis Effect causes Earth to have? |
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| When wind follows a curved path due to Earth's turning? |
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| Local Winds can change but Global Winds? |
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| Blow in the same direction all the time and go longer distances |
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| Wind is named based on where it? |
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| During the day land heats faster, during the night? |
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| During the day warm air comes up from valleys and during the night? |
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| Cool are comes down from mountain tops |
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| Difference in air pressure = ? |
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| Difference in Temperature |
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| The most important element of weather is? |
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| Sunlight hits the equator at a __ degree angle? |
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| Air Pressure differences cause? |
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| Sea breeze occurs during the day, the land breeze occurs at ____? |
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| Water in the air becomes dense and due to gravity falls to Earth's surface |
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| The types of percipitation are? |
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| The condensation of water vapor forms the following? |
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| Liquid or solid water above ground is a? |
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| Liquid water at ground level? |
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| Forms on surfaces when dew point temperature is above freezing? |
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| Forms on surfaces when dew point temperature is below freezing? |
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| Condensation takes place during? |
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| The types of cooling are? |
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- Adiabatic
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| Adiabatic cooling occurs as air? |
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| Advective Cooling Occurs as air? |
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| Lifting cooling occurs as air? |
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| Mixing cooling occurs when? |
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| Moist air of different temperatures combine |
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| Warm air holds more ___ than cold air? |
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| What are the three basic cloud types? |
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| Low clouds below 2000 meters and are layered |
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| Middle to low clouds about 2000 to 6000 meters, they are puffy and plied |
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| High, above 6000 meters, they are thin whispy clouds made of ice |
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| Nimbostratus and Cumulonimbus clouds? |
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| What are the types of fog formation? |
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- Radiation
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- Upslope
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| Fog formed from natural nightly cooling? |
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| Fog formed by warm moist air moving over a cold surface? |
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| Fog formed as air rises over slopes? |
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| Fog formed as cool air moves inland over a body of warm water? |
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| Cumulus Nimbus clouds ___ in the sky? |
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| Percipitation that evaporates before it reaches the surface is called? |
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| Water vapor condensed into water droplets |
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| Water vapor sublimates directly into a solid |
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| Percipitation forms in a cummulus nimbus cloud, water vapor becomes a liquid and then freezes continually becoming more dense? |
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| The bottom part of a cumulus nimbus cloud is ___ than the top? |
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| Rain falls through cold air before it hits the ground and freezes |
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| Less than .5mm in diameter |
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| Mountian Breeze is in the? |
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| What are the three wind belts? |
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- Doldrums
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- Easterlies
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| Westerlie Wind comes from? |
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| Easterlie wind comes from? |
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| Temperature increases and decreases in the atmosphere in this pattern? |
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| The coriolis effect effects? |
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| Cooling + Condensation Nuclei = ? |
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