Layers of the Atmosphere
The layer closest to Earth where weather happens.
What is the troposphere?
The day to day condition of Earth's atmosphere.
What is weather?
The gas we need to breathe
What is oxygen?
The main source of energy for Earth.
What is the Sun?
The envelope of gases around Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
This Layer contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
What is climate?
The most common gas in Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
The process by which heat is transferred through direct contact.
What is conduction?
The upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air.
What is convection current?
The coldest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the mesosphere?
A tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
This gas traps heat and contributes to global warming.
What is carbon dioxide?
The process by which heat is transferred by moving air or water.
What is convection?
Tiny particles in the atmosphere that clouds form around.
What are condensation nuclei?
This layer is where the auroras happen.
What is the theremosphere?
A cloud that is thin, wispy, and high in the sky.
What is a cirrus cloud?
The process of plants taking in CO2 releasing oxygen.
What is photosynthesis?
The process by which heat travels in waves through space.
What is radiation?
The layer that protects us from harmful UV radiation.
What is the ozone layer?
The outermost layer that fades into space.
What is the exosphere?
The boundary where two different air masses meet.
What is a front?
The thin layer of gases that surrounds Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
the trapping of heat by gases in Earth's atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
The percentage of sunlight reflected by a surface.
What is albedo?