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Smallest of the 8 planets?
Mercury
This is known as the lower atmosphere.
Homosphere
State of the atmosphere at a certain time.
Weather
This is known for the intricate designs on car windows and its ability to coat the ground.
Frost
What percent of stars are considered binary?
50%
Most abundant gas we breathe.
Nitrogen
The factor being observed in an experiment.
Dependent Variable
These are known as the most frequent clouds.
Stratocumulus
Outermost layer of the atmosphere.
Exosphere
This fog forms when a warm, humid breeze blows over a cold surface.
Advection Fog
If molecules in water vapor lose enough energy, they will return to a liquid state through what process?
Condensation
Haley's comet takes about __ years to make one orbit around the sun.
76 Years
500
This is known as the weather layer.
Troposphere
Mars is made up of how much carbon dioxide?
95%
A brief but intense snowfall.
Snow Squall
Heat transfer by moving currents of hot air.
Convection
This kind of radiation is responsible for sunburn and tanning.
UVB
Solar energy that reaches the surface of the earth.
Insolation
Coldest point in the atmosphere.
Mesopause
The gas and dust from a comet form a cloud around the nucleus of a comet called a(n) ____.
Coma
These clouds are thin, transluscent, and spread like a sheet.
Cirrostratus
This process occurs when the temperature of air drops below the frost point; the air's water vapor then skips the liquid stage and changes directly into a crystal ice.
Deposition
Meteors that land on the earth's surface.
Meteorite
Special state of matter made up of a mixture of electrons and positive ions.
Plasma