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Vocab
Temperature
Layers of the Atmopshere
Sizes of the layers (km) (Off earths surface)
What makes up the Atmosphere?
100
Gases that surround a planet
What is the atomosphere?
100
The Mesosphere
What is the coldest layer?
100
The Troposphere
What's the first layer of the atmosphere?
100
12 to 50 km high
What is the stratosphere
100
Three
How many MAIN gases make up the atmosphere
200
Transfer of energy that occurs when molecules bump into each other
What is conduction?
200
The Thermosphere
What is the hottest layer?
200
Five
How many layers of the atmosphere are there?
200
7 to 20 km high
What is the Tropopsphere
200
Eleven
How many gases in total make up the atmosphere
300
Transfer of heat by the flow of material
What is convection?
300
The layer which can very in temperature
The Ionosphere
300
Stratosphere
What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
300
50 to 80 km high
What is the Mesosphere
300
Oxygen (O2)
What is the second most common gas found in the atmosphere?
400
Energy transferred by waves or rays
What is radiation?
400
The air is less dense
Why is the mesosphere the coldest layer?
400
Electrically charged particles
The Ionosphere contains what kind of particles?
400
1,000 to 10,000 km high
What is 1,000 to 10,000 km high?
400
Nitrogen (N2)
What is the most common found gas in the atmosphere?
500
The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is ionized by solar and cosmic radiation
What is the Ionosphere?
500
There are few molecules
Why is the Thermosphere the warmest layer?
500
The troposphere
What is the thinnest layer of the atmosphere?
500
90 to 1,000 km high
What is the Thermosphere
500
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
What is the third most common found gas in the atmosphere?