Need to know
The ____________ is a system of a star and the objects that orbit it.
Solar System
Holds the Solar System together
What is Gravity?
Lowest layer of the atmosphere
What is the Troposphere?
A supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago
What is Pangaea?
largest planet in the solar system, is a gas giant
What is Jupiter?
The ____________________ is the galaxy in which our solar system is located.
Milky Way Galaxy
Dwarf Planet
What is Pluto?
Protective barrier of the atmosphere (protects us from harmful UV Rays)
What is the Ozone?
the transfer of heat through matter by molecular energy
What is Conduction?
source of all clouds and precipitation
What is water vapor?
Closest planet to the sun
What is Mercury?
A period of the year that is separated by different climate condition
What is a Season?
What are the two most important heat-absorbing gasses in the lower atmosphere
water vapor and carbon dioxide
the transfer of heat by the movement of mass or substance, happens in liquids
What is Convection?
Biggest Human Influence on the atmosphere
Pollution
planet composed of mainly gasses, not rocky or solid surfaces.
Gas Giant
Shortest day of the year
What is Winter Solstice?
The solstice that occurs on June 21 or 22 in the Northern Hemisphere
the transfer of energy through electromagnetic rays
What is Radiation?
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What is FFA?
a planet composed of mainly solid surfaces
Terrestrial Planet
the most abundant gas in the atmosphere
What is Nitrogen?
constantly changing, and it refers to the state of the atmosphere at any given time and place.
What is weather?
observations of weather that have been collected over many years.
What is Climate?
Three mechanisms of energy transfer as heat
Conduction, Convection, Radiation