Layers of The Atmosphere
The four main layers of the atmosphere
What is troposphere,stratosphere,mesosphere,and thermosphere?
Most abundant gas in the atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
The amount of mass in a given volume
What is density?
a form of energy
What is electromagnetic waves?
The average amount of energy
What is temperature?
Where weather occurs
What is troposphere?
It makes up only 21 percent of the volume
What is oxygen?
The force pushing on an area
What is pressure?
transfer of energy
What is radiation?
measures the total energy of motion
What is thermal energy?
Extends 50 and 80 kilometers above earth
What is Mesosphere?
Plants must have it to produce food
What is carbon dioxide?
The air properties
What is density and pressure?
A form of electromagnetic energy
What is infrared radiation?
A device that measures temperature
What is thermometer?
Up to 1,800 degrees Celsius
What is thermosphere?
Air contains this
What is water vapor?
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
an invisible form of energy
What is ultraviolet radiation?
The transfer of heat by a fluid
What is convection?
Protects Earth's surface from meteoroids
What is mesosphere?
Air contains solid and liquid _________ of dust and more.
What is particles?
Distance above sea level
The atmosphere disperse light in all directions
What is scattering?
The transfer of heat between two substances
What is conduction?