Atmosphere Layers
This is where all the airplanes live
What is the troposphere?
The most common gas in Earth's atmosphere, comprosing nearly 80% of its mass
What is nitrogen?
This is the main way that animals take in carbon from their environment
What is eating?
The state of matter of nutrients that plants pull up from the ground
What is aqueous?
This plant grows so fast, it has been used for everything from lumber to torture
What is bamboo?
Gases move slow here, making this is the coldest layer of the Earth's atmosphere.
What is the mesosphere?
This smelly gas protects the Earth's surface from ultraviolet radiation
What is ozone?
The scientific name for when animals breathe
What is respiration?
This is the process that plants use to make their own food
What is photosynthesis?
This plant's fruit is so old, we have found them in the stomachs of dinosaur fossils
What is avocado?
This layer is hottest on top, because it absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the Sun
This group of gases almost never interact with other chemicals
What are noble gases?
This is the sweet substance that plants make in their leaves
What is glucose?
Plants use a ton of different metals for this function in chemical reactions
What is an enzyme?
This plant has no roots
What is rafflesia / corpse flower?
This layer of the Earth's atmosphere is the hottest
What is the thermosphere?
While we mostly see it as a liquid, this sticky molecule hangs out near Earth's surface
What is water?
This is the main gas that humans, and other animals, breathe out
What is carbon dioxide / CO2?
These structures can vary in shape, but are designed to pull water and nutrients from the soil
What are roots?
This plant is prized for its tasty orange roots
What are carrots?
This layer of Earth's atmosphere extends more than half of the way to the Moon
What is the Exosphere?
These are the most common gases in the exosphere, and the universe!
What are hydrogen and helium?
The chemical formula for the sweet substance plants make in their leaves
What is C6H12O6?
This gas is produced as a byproduct when plants make their food
What is oxygen / O2?
This plant's flower is so pretty, it fueled a stock market boom in the 1630s
What is a tulip?