Layers of the Atmosphere
Properties of Layers of Atmosphere
Water Cycle 1
Water Cycle 2
100
The layer of gasses that surrounds the Earth.
What is the Atmosphere?
100
The layer of the atmosphere where clouds are found and airplanes fly.
What is the troposphere?
100
Only 3% of Earth's water is this type.
What is fresh water?
100
The 3 major steps of the water cycle are: Evaporation, __________________, and Precipitation.
What is Condensation?
200
The layer of our atmosphere in which weather occurs...It is also the closest layer to the Earth
What is troposphere?
200
The layer in which most of the Ozone in our atmosphere is found.
What is the stratosphere?
200
____ % of the Earth's surface is covered by water.
What is 70?
200
Water that falls to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet or hail.
What is precipitation?
300
The layer of the atmosphere that protects the Earth's surface from being hit by most meteors.
What is the Mesosphere?
300
The coldest layer of the atmosphere and where most meteors burn up before reaching Earth.
What is mesosphere?
300
Using less water is one way to practice water __________.
What is conservation?
300
During the condensation phase of the water cycle, cool air and dust particles are necessary for the formation of ______________.
What are clouds?
400
The coldest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the Mesosphere?
400
In this layer, the air is VERY thin and it is VERY hot! The space station and the Space Shuttle orbit in this layer.
What is the Thermosphere?
400
Reusing water in a factory to cool hot machinery is an example of ___________________ (2 words)
What is water conservation?
400
The phase of the water cycle where water changes from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
500
As you rise upwards in the atmosphere, air pressure _______
What is decreases?
500
The top layer of the atmosphere, right before you get to space...some man-made satellites orbit within this layer.
What is the Exosphere?
500
Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called ___________________.
What is groundwater?
500
The phase of the water cycle in which water returns to the Earth's surface from the atmosphere as rain, sleet, hail or snow.
What is Precipitation?
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