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The transfer of heat energy by waves through the air or empty space.
A measure of the energy of random motion in a substance's molecules
What is temperature?
Energy that is transferred as a consequence of temperature differences
What is heat
The transfer of heat energy through a liquid or gas currents
What is Convection
The force (weight) applied over a unit of area
What is pressure?
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The process by which certain gases trap heat that radiates from Earth
(100 extra points: Name two of these gases!)
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
Bonus: Water vapor, carbon dioxide or methane
The mass of air surrounding a planet
This element composes 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere
Nitrogen
The pressure the atmosphere exerts on all objects within it
what is Atmospheric pressure
The transfer of heat energy from molecule to molecule by contact
The southern lights are also called this ______
Aurora Australis
In general, how does atmospheric pressure change with altitude?
It lessens or decreases
The very active region of the atmosphere where solar radiation ionizes gases.
Ionosphere
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The Earth's atmosphere is divided into which two regions?
Homosphere and Heterosphere
Molecular movement with heat, faster molecules transfer energy to ______ _______
slower molecules
Our atmosphere is divided into 5 distinct layers:
Troposhere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere
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List the 5 atmospheric layers in order from the surface of Earth to outer space.
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
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What does the acronym NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A device that measures atmospheric pressure
What is a barometer?
The atmospheric gas that is important for the body functions of many living things?
Radio transmitters can use this portion of the Earth's atmosphere because radio transmitters can use it to increase their range
Ionosphere
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Name the 8 planets of our solar system without looking in the book
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
14.7 pounds per square inch
What is the average value of atmospheric pressure at sea level
This atmospheric layer contains almost all the Earth's water vapor, so most of the Earth's weather takes place here:
Troposphere
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Why is a barometer that uses Mercury is much easier to work with than one that uses water
because Mercury is a much denser liquid