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Layers of the Atmosphere
Atmoshpere Characteristic
Earth-Sun relationships
Heat transfer
Temperature controls
100
The bottom layer, where temperature decreases with an increase in altitude
What is troposhere
100
Refers to the state of the atmosphere at any given time and place.
What is weather?
100
The first official first day of summer.
What is the Summer Solstice?
100
The energy transferred from one object to another because of the differences in their temperatures.
What is heat?
100
the fraction of total radiation that is reflected by any surface
What is Albedo?
200
The layer of the atmosphere above the troposhere
What is stratosphere
200
Based on observations of weather that have been collected over many years.
What is Climate?
200
The first official day of winter.
What is the winter solstice?
200
A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual atoms or molecules in a substance.
What is temperature?
200
Lines that connect points that have the same temperature.
What is isotherms
300
the region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and has increasing temperatures due to absorption of very short wave energy by oxygen
What is thermosphere
300
the source of all clouds and precipitation
What is water vapor?
300
The start of autumn in the northern hemisphere.
What is The autumnal equinox?
300
the transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity.,
What is Conduction?
300
Any factor that causes temperature to vary from place to place and from time to time.
What is temperature control?
400
The layer of the atmosphere above the stratopshere and has decreasing temperatures with height
What is Mesosphere
400
A form of oxygen that combines three oxygen atoms into each molecule.
What is ozone?
400
The start of spring for the northern hemisphere.
What is the spring equinox?
400
This controls the temperature of the air above it.
What is Earth's surface?
500
what is the highest layer in the atmopshere
What is Toposphere
500
A mixture of different gases and particles, each with its own physical properties.
What is Air?
500
Occurs because earths position relative to the sun continually changes as it travels along its orbit.
What is Seasonal Changes?
500
The transfer of heat by mass movement or circulation with in a substance
What is Convection?
500
Acts as a blanket absorbing outgoing radiation.
What is clouds?