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the layer of the atmosphere weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
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This is the day-to-day variation in atmospheric variables.
What is weather?
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The two variables, average temperature and precipitation, are used to find this.
What is climate?
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The water source that is most impacted by pollution caused by extracting natural gas.
What is groundwater?
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most abundant gas in atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
200
Layer where space debris burns up
What is the mesosphere? (Test tip: "mesosphere" is similar to "meteor".)
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This pressure system produces cloudy and rainy weather.
What is low pressure?
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The climate of this geographic feature is is cooler and higher in precipitation than other places of the same latitude.
What is mountains? (or areas of high elevation)
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The name of the process that explains how water enters the ground.
What is infiltration?
200
the ultimate source of energy for wind
What is the sun?
300
Layer where planes fly and the ozone layer is located
What is the stratosphere?
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measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
300
the warming of water in the Pacific Ocean due to a weakening of winds; brings storms and flooding; disrupts ocean food chains
What is El Niño?
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the ratio of the volume of all the pores in a material to the volume of the whole (how much space is between the soil)
What is porosity?
300
alternates between blue triangles and red half circles that point in alternating directions
What is the symbol for a stationary front?
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outermost major layer where satellites orbit
What is the thermosphere? (Technically the Exosphere is considered a minor layer or a sublayer of the outer portion of the Thermosphere.)
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This is created when you have low pressure systems in the tropics, high evaporation rate over open water, sea surface temperatures in excess of 26.5°C, and the convergence of air along a boundary between warm and cold air masses.
What is a hurricane?
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Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that absorb solar radiation and have the most significant impact on the temperature of Earth’s atmosphere? (Notice it says "gases", name at least two!)
What is carbon dioxide and water vapor? (Or methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons/CFC's...)
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a flood is most likely to occur on top of a soil that has this type of permeability and porosity
What is low permeability and low porosity ? Low permeability means water drains slowly. Low porosity means it is more difficult for water to enter the ground.
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the portion of land that drains to the same river; separated by areas of higher elevation
What is a river basin?
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Two sublayers of the thermosphere
What is the Ionosphere and Exosphere? Ionosphere – where Northern Lights Occur Exosphere – where satellites are specifically (most outer sublayer of thermosphere) (Not all scientists agree that the exosphere is really a part of the atmosphere. Some scientists consider the thermosphere the uppermost part of Earth's atmosphere, and think that the exosphere is really just part of space. However, most scientists do consider the exosphere part of our planet's atmosphere.)
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This front moves slowly but generally only lasts a day or less.
What is a warm front?
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The main contributor to the increasing amount of carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere.
What is the burning of fossil fuels?
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the portion of land that drains to the same river; separated by areas of higher elevation
What is a river basin?
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the trapping of EMR (electromagnetic radiation) by GHG’s leads to higher temperatures
What is the greenhouse effect?