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layers of the atmosphere
Layers of the sun
Life of a star
Weather Instruments
Geology
100
weather occurs in this layer
What is the troposphere?
100
nuclear fusion occurs here
What is the core?
100
stars are born here
What is a nebula?
100
this instrument measures average thermal energy.
What is a thermometer?
100
This type of volcano alternates between layers of lava and layers of ash.
What is a composite or Strato volcano?
200
meteorites burn in this layer
What is the mesosphere?
200
this layer is only seen from Earth as red as a total solar eclipse
What is the chromosphere?
200
this diagram is used to classify stars by temperature, color, and absolute brightness.
What is the H-R diagram?
200
this instrument measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
200
Magma that forces itself across rock layers
What is a dike?
300
Radio waves bounce down to Earth from this layer
What is the ionosphere?
300
Convection currents occur in this layer of the sun
What is the convection zone?
300
a star spends most of its life as this type
What is a main sequence star?
300
This instrument measures relative humidity
What is a psychrometer?
300
a geolic belt in surrounding the Pacific Ocean where subduction occurs.
What is the Ring of Fire?
400
this layer holds the ozone layer
What is the stratosphere?
400
solar storms emanate from this layer
What is the corona?
400
This massive explosion of a giant star as it blows off its outer atmosphere.
What is a supernova?
400
This instrument measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400
molten material that cools below Earth's surface
What is magma?
500
this layer of the atmosphere gets warmer as altitude increases
What is the stratosphere?
500
The random walk of helium occurs here
What is the radiation zone?
500
This 1st century astronomer thought that the heavenly bodies revolved around the Earth.
Who was Ptolemy?
500
This instrument uses radio waves to track weather fronts
What is doppler radar?
500
The scale used to measure total energy released by an earthquake.
What is the moment magnitude scale?