Layers of the Atmosphere
Heat Transfer
Water Cycle
Cloud Types
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What is the Atmosphere?
Layer of the Earth that is made up of gas
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What is heat?
Transfer of energy between two atoms (or objects)
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What is the water cycle?
How water moves throughout the Earth
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What is a cloud?
Large mass of condensed water or ice in the atmosphere
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What does the Ozone Layer do?
Absorbs UV rays from the sun
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This layer of the atmosphere has the highest air pressure.
Troposphere
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What happens to atoms when they heat up?
The begin to move faster
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This step of the water cycle causes clouds to form.
Condensation
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In order for condensation to occur, what does water vapor need to encounter high in the atmosphere?
Dust and Debris
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Which type of heat transfer causes air to move?
Convection
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This layer of the atmosphere forms a border with space
Exosphere
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What are the three methods of heat transfer?
Radiation, Conduction, Convection
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When condensed water returns to Earth
Precipitation
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What does the word part "Cumulus" mean
"Bundled Up", or a big fluffy cloud
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Why do clouds mainly form in the Troposphere?
Because it has the most water vapor
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Where are the Auroras located?
Thermosphere
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Which type of heat transfer brings energy to Earth from the Sun?
Radiation
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How can you speed up evaporation of water?
Adding heat (or boiling)
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What does a Nimbostratus cloud look like?
A large, dark rain cloud that covers the sky
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What are the three variable gases we learned about?
Carbon Dioxide, Water, Ozone
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Name the three permenant gasses in the atmosphere.
Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon
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A spoon is placed in warm water. The spoon heats up. What kind of energy transfer is this?
Conduction
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What do you call an underground body of water?
An Aquifer
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What shape does a Cumulonimbus Cloud form?
An Anvil Shape
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The term for a solid turning into a gas.
Sublimation