
Science 8: Earth's Atmosphere
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- Q1A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.troposphereionosphereatmosphere45s
- Q2water in its gaseous formwater vaporicecondensation45s
- Q3the atmospheric layer closest to the earth's surface where nearly all weather occurstroposphere45s
- Q4the second layer of the atmosphere; extends from 10 to 30 miles up; location of ozone layer; absorbs 95% of Ultraviolet radiation; temperature increases with altitude increase.stratosphereionospheremesosphere45s
- Q5The third layer of the atmosphere; the coldest layermesosphereatmospheretroposphere45s
- Q6the region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases to have the properties of a continuous medium. The thermosphere is characterized throughout by an increase in temperature with height.mesospherestratospherethermosphere45s
- Q7the lower part of the thermosphere, where electrically charged particles called ions are foundmesosphereionospheretroposphere45s
- Q8Sometimes called Northern Lights. It is the result of the emissions of photons in the thermosphereaurorasradiationwesterlies45s
- Q9the outermost region of a planet's atmosphere.tropospheremesosphereexosphere45s
- Q10The transfer of energy by electromagnetic wavesstabilityradiationconduction45s
- Q11Form of heat transfer where heat energy is directly transferred between molecules through molecular collisions or direct contact.convectionconductiondirection45s
- Q12The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gasconvectionstabilityradiation45s
- Q13describes whether circulating air motions will be strong or weakjet streamstabilityauroras45s
- Q14occurs in the troposphere when temperature increases as altitude increasestemperature inversion45s
- Q15the movement of air caused by differences in air pressurewindwesterliestrade winds45s