The air around you
Water in the form of gas.
Water vapor
The amount of mass in a given volume of air is its ______.
Density
You live in the inner, or lowest, layer of Earth´s atmoshere , ___ __________.
The troposphere
This energy travels to Earth as _______________ ______, a form of eenergy that can move through the vacuum of space.
Electromagnetic waves
___________ is the average amount of energy of motion of each particle of a substance.
Temperature
Earth´s ________ is the envelope of gases that surrounds the planet.
Armosphere
___ _______ is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing on an area.
Air pressure
___ ___________ extends from the top of the troposphere.
The stratoshere
The direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves is called _________.
Radiation
_______ ______ measures the total energy of motion in the partcles of a substance.
Thermal energy
Earth´s atmoshere consists of ______, ______, ______ _____, ______ _____, _____ ________ _____, as well as ______ of _____ and _____.
Nitrogen, oxygen, cabon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases, as well as particles of liquids and solids.
A _________ is an instrument that is used to meeasure air pressure.
Barometer
Above the stratosphere, a drop in temperature marks the beginning of the beginning of the next layer, ___ ___________.
THe mesosphere
___________ ____________, has wavelengthsthat are longer than wavelengths for red light.
Infrared radiation
_ ___________ is a device that measures temperature,
A thermometer
______ is the condition of Earth´s atmosphere at a particular time and place.
weather
A ________ _____________ consists of a long glass tube that is closed at one end and open at the other.
Mercury Barometer
___ ____________ extends from 80 kilometers above Earth´s surface outward into space.
The thermosphere
___________ _________, which is an invisible form of energy whith wavelengths that are shorther that wavelengths for violet light.
Ultraviolet Radiation
The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid is called __________.
Convection
______ in one part of the atmosphere affect other parts of the __________.
Events, Atmoshere
________, or _________, is the distance above sea level.
Altitude, or elevation
___ _________ is the outer layer.
The exosphere
Dust-size parricles and gases in the atmopshere disperse light in all directions, a process called __________.
Scattering
the upward movmen of cool air form __________ ________.
Convection currents