Atmosphere
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Meters
100
the four layers of the atmosphere
What are troposphere, stratosphere,mesosphere, and thermosphere.
100
air pressure
What is the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth.
100
water cycle
What is water moving from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back to Earth.
100
this happens when the wind blows from the sea to the land
What is breeze.
100
Thermometer
What measures temperature.
200
It contains about 90% of the gases in the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere.
200
local wind
What is a wind that results from a local difference in temperature.
200
liquid changes fro water to a gas by this process
What is evaporation.
200
This heats the earth, after the sun heats it.
What is air.
200
wind vane
What measures wind direction.
300
Most of Earth's weather occurs there.
What is the troposphere.
300
low pressure area
What is the area where warm air is expanding.
300
condensation
What is the process where water changes from a gas to a liquid.
300
dark colored surfaces this, when compared to light colored surfaces.
What is warmer.
300
barometer
What measures air pressure.
400
the highest layer in the atmosphere.
What is the thermosphere.
400
prevailing winds
What are global winds that always blow from the same direction.
400
precipitation
What is the water that falls from the atmosphere to Earth's surface.
400
this type of air is more dense.
What is cold air.
400
measures the wind speed
What is anemometer?
500
ozone
What is a gas that protects Earth from the sun's harmful rays.
500
atmosphere
What is a blanket of air surrounding Earth.
500
collection
What is the process where water collects in oceans, rivers, and dams
500
this gas protects Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.
What is the ozone layer.
500
hygrometer
What measures the amount of water in the air?
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