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What is the outermost layer of the atmosphere?
EXOSPHERE
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What is a cool, gentle wind that blows from the land to the sea?
LAND BREEZE
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What is the layer that is characterized by high temperatures?
THERMOSPHERE
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What are the regions of high pressure and gentle winds at 30 degrees north and south latitude?
HORSE LATITUDES
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What is the lower layer of the atmosphere
HOMOSPHERE
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What is air flowing up a mountains slope due to differences in temperature and pressure is a _______________ wind
ANABATIC
200
What is the most powerful and dangerous form of UV radiation?
UVC
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What marks the upper boundary of the thermosphere?
THERMOPAUSE
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What are surface winds that blow from high pressure regions toward the equator?
TRADE WINDS
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What is strong, steady winds but few changes of weather
STRATOSPHERE
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What is a very dry and often dusty wind that blows in Southern California?
SANTA ANA
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What is the type of radiation that causes tanning and sunburn?
UVB
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What is the scientific name for northern and southern lights?
AURORAS
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What is a circulating spiral wind around a high pressure system?
ANTICYCLONE
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What is the layer of the atmosphere that acts as a "shield" to protect the earth's surface?
OZONE LAYER
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What is the layer of the atmosphere that "bounces" certain types of radio waves back toward the ground?
IONOSPHERE
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What is the beltlike regions that surround the earth and trap particles from the solar wind?
VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELT
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What term refers to the amount of energy available to heat the earths land, water and air?
ENERGY BUDGET
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What is the region in which a magnet affects other objects is called
MAGNETIC FIELD
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What is a warm, dry wind that travels down a slope?FOEHNS
FOEHNS
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What is the heat transfer by electromagnetic waves?
RADIATION
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What is upper troposphere waves that play a large part in the formation of cyclones and anticyclones called?
ROSSBY WAVES
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What is the term that refers to the decimal equivalent of solar radiation that an object reflects?
ALBEDO
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What is high-altitudes wind in a narrow, meandering band
JET STREAM
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What is winds that reverse their direction from season to season called
MONSOON
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