Layers
The number of layers in the atmosphere.
What are the five layers?
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The combination of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen.
What is acid precipitation?
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The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
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Local winds occur whenever the air pressure is different from one location to another.
What are local winds?
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A mixture of dusts, acids, and other chemicals that can be hazardous.
What is particulate matter?
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The layer closest to Earth's surface.
What is the troposphere?
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Air pollution that forms from the interaction between chemicals in the air and sunlight.
What is photochemical smog?
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The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles within matter.
What is convection?
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Global winds occur because of the pressure differences around the globe.
What are global winds?
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Air pollutants have not decreased much.
What is ground-level ozone?
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The atmospheric layer directly above the troposphere.
What is the stratosphere?
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A mixture of dust, acids, and other chemicals that can be hazardous to human health.
What is particulate matter?
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The transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles of matter.
What is conduction?
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A wind that blows from the land to the sea due to local temperature and pressure differences.
What is a land breeze?
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Monitoring the quality of Earth's air requires.
What is the cooperation of government officials, scientists, and the public?
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A display of colored lights in the ionosphere.
What are auroras?
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The act that gives the U.S government the power to set air quality standards.
What is the Clean Air Act?
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Describing whether the weather curculating air motions will be strong or weak.
What is stability?
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The wind that blows from the sea to the land due to local temperatures.
What is sea breeze?
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The time the air inside homes can be polluted by outdoor air.
What is fifty times?
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The region within the mesosphere and troposphere.
What is the ionosphere?
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Preserving the air quality of Earth's atmosphere requires cooperation.
What are the government officials, the scientists, and the public?
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Occurs in the troposphere when temperature increases and altitude increases.
What is temperature inversion?
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Steady winds that flow from east to west between 30 ° N latitude and 30 ° S latitude.
What is trade winds?
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The amount of solid or liquid particles in every cubic centimeter of air.
What is over 10,000?
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