clouds
Layers of atmosphere
Vocab
Vocab
tornado's
100

what makes up 21% of earth's atmosphere?

oxygen

100

how high is the exosphere?

300 km, 600 km

100

what is the atmosphere?

mixture of gasses in the earth. 

100

What is transpiration?

water vapor is released into the air. 

100

how are tornado's formed?

when hot air, cold air, and dry air mix. 

200

what makes up 78% of the atmosphere?

Nitrogen

200

how high is the troposphere?

90 km, 300 km

200

what is ozone?

shields living things from the sun.

200

what is considiriation?

process when water vapor changes into a liquid. 

200

what do you need to make a tornado?

hot air, cold air, and dry air blowing from different directions. 

300

what makes up 1% of the atmosphere?

arogon, carbon dioxcide, hidrogen, ozone, methane, carbon monoxcide, helium, neon, krypton, xenon

300

how high is the mesosphere?

50 km, 90 km

 

300

what is the water cycle?

also called hydroponic cycle. 

300

what is precipitation?

water form falls into ice.

300

where does cold air come from?

the southern part of the U.S.

400

what is ozone?

shields living things from sun.

400

how high is the stratosphere?

16 km, 50 km

400

what is the hydrolic cycle?

also called the water cycle/ moving water?

400

what is global winds?

blow steadily across earth's surface. 

400

where does hot air come from?

the northern U.S.

500

what is the atmosphere?

mixture of gases surronding earth.

500

how high is the troposphere?

0 km, 16 km

500

what is the evaporation?

liquid turns to vapor. 

500

what is the jet stream?

global high altitude.

500

Where does dry air come from?

the western part of the U.S