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COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE
STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE
HEAT IN THE ATMOSPHERE
AIR PRESSURE
WIND
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About 99% of air is composed of nitrogen and this gas
What is oxygen?
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The atmosphere layer closest to the Earth's surface
What is the troposphere?
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The source of the heat energy that enters the atmosphere from outer space
What is the sun?
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As elevation increases, air pressure does this
What is decreases?
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Wind is air that blows from areas of high pressure to areas of this
What is low pressure?
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The amount of this gas in the air varies depending on the humidity
What is water vapor?
200
In the troposphere, temperature does this the higher you go
What is decreases?
200
The transfer of energy through space by visible light and other electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
200
An instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
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Global winds that usually blow from the same direction
What are prevailing winds?
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Air contains tiny particles of dust and this particle from ocean spray
What is salt?
300
Ozone is present in this layer above the troposphere
What is the stratosphere?
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The transfer of energy that occurs when molecules or atoms collide
What is conduction?
300
As temperature decreases, air pressure does this
What is increases?
300
A local wind that blows from the ocean toward the shore
What is a sea breeze?
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A gas in the air formed by the additionof an oxygen atom to an oxygen molecule
What is ozone?
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The boundary between the stratosphere and the next highest layer
What is the stratopause?
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The transfer of energy through rising and sinking currents
What is convection?
400
A line on a weather map that joins points of equal pressure
What is an isobar?
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Narrow bands of high-altitude, high-speed winds
What are jet streams?
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Within 10 percentage points, the percent of oxygen in air
What is 21%?
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Part of the thermosphere made of electrically charged particles
What is the ionosphere?
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The measure of average kinetic energy of the atoms or molecules in a substance
What is temperature?
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A unit of measure for air pressure used on weather maps
What is the millibar?
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The effect of the Earth's rotation that causes wind to deflect to the right or left
What is the Coriolis effect?