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Air Around You
Air Pressure
Layers of the Atmosphere
Energy in the Atmosphere
Heat Transfer/Winds
100
The condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place
What is Weather
100
An instrument used to measure changes in air pressure
What is a barometer
100
The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere
What is troposphere
100
The process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere
What is the greenhouse effect
100
An instrument that measures how hot or cold the air is
What is a thermometer
200
These two elements make up 99% of dry air
What are Oxygen and Nitrogen
200
The higher in the atmosphere you go, air pressure will do this
What is decrease
200
The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
What is the troposphere
200
Energy from the sun reaches Earth as visible light, infrared radiation and this type of radiation
What is ultra-violet radiation
200
The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure is this
What is wind
300
Water in the form of gas
What is water vapor
300
Where the ozone layer is located
What is the stratosphere
300
Waves that transfer electric and magnetic energy from the sun are called this
What is electromagnetic waves
300
A sea breeze is an example of this type of wind
What is a local wind
400
This makes up less than 1% of the atmosphere and is created when fuel such as coal and gas are burned.
What is Carbon Dioxide
400
Pressure caused by the weight of air pushing down on an area
What is air pressure
400
This layer protects the Earth from meteroids
What is the mesosphere
400
Reflection of light in all directions
What is scattering
400
This is the degree that freezing occurs in Celsius
What is O
500
The envelopment of gases that surrounds Earth
What is Atmosphere
500
Density decreases as air pressure does this
What is decreases
500
The outermost layer of the atmosphere
What is thermosphere
500
When heated, the Earth's surface radiates some of the energy back into the atmosphere as this
What is infrared radiation
500
This is the effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents
What is the Coriolis Effect