Vocab 1
The blanket of air that surrounds Earth.
Where does Satellites orbit?
What is the Exosphere?
How tightly packed something is.
What is Density?
Which layer is the Coldest Layer?
What is Mesosphere?
The outermost layer where Earth's atmosphere slowly fades into space.
What is Exosphere?
What something is made of.
What is Composition?
How hot or cold something is.
What is Temperature?
What is the percentage of Argon in our Atmosphere?
What is 2%?
The layer above the stratosphere; this is where meteors burn up.
What is Mesosphere?
Which layer does the water cycle occur in?
What is the Troposphere?
How much gas does Oxygen have in our Atmosphere?
What is 21%
The top of the stratosphere.
What is Stratosphere?
The force of air pushing on things.
The top of the thermosphere.
What is Thermopause?
How much space something takes up.
What does the prefix "therm" mean?
What is hot/heat?
The layer above the troposphere; planes fly here, and it has the ozone
What is the Stratosphere?
Which layer has the Ozone Layer?
What is Stratosphere?
The top of the mesosphere.
What is Mesopause?
Which composition has 78% of its gas found in the Atmosphere?
What is Nitrogen?
A very hot layer high above Earth; this is where the northern lights
What is Thermosphere?
How high something is above the ground or sea level.
What is Altitude?
The top of the troposphere.
What is Troposphere?
How much matter is in something.
What is Mass?
The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth where weather happens.