The Atmosphere Around You
Quiz by Joshua Dornfest
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- Q1the relative thin layer of gases that forms earth's outermost layeratmosphere30s
- Q2the pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an areaair pressure30s
- Q3Elevation above sea levelaltitude30s
- Q4The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressurewind30s
- Q5The inner, lowest, layer of the Earth's atmosphere in which humans live in and also weather occurs hereTroposphere30s
- Q62nd layer of atmosphere; location of ozone layer; protects us from ultraviolet radiation and the sunStratosphere30s
- Q7The 3rd layer of the atmosphere containing the part of the atmosphere that stops meteorsMesopshere30s
- Q8The uppermost layer of the atmosphere, This layer is the thickest. It extends outward into space.Thermosphere30s