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VOCABULARY
ATMOSPHERE LAYERS
HEAT TRANSFER
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
WATER CYCLE
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The gas that makes up 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
100
Atmospheric layer that is closest to Earth.
What is the troposphere?
100
The transmission of energy through electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
100
This heats faster and cools faster than water.
What is land?
100
Percentage of the Earth's water that is salty.
What is 97%?
200
The state of the atmosphere at any given time and place.
What is weather?
200
The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere and below the mesosphere.
What is the stratosphere?
200
Boiling water is an example of this type of heat transfer.
What is convection?
200
As you climb a mountain, the air temperature does this.
What is go up (rise)?
200
These along with warm winds increase the evaporation rate.
What are warm currents?
300
One hydrogen and three oxygen molecules joined together.
What is ozone?
300
Layer above the stratosphere that is characterized by a rapid decrease in temperature with height.
What is the mesosphere?
300
Clouds do this to solar radiation in the daytime.
What is reflect solar radiation?
300
This heats the water and causes evaporation during the water cycle.
What is the sun?
400
Heat transfer from one object to another.
What is conduction?
400
Part of the atmosphere most exposed to solar radiation.
What is the thermosphere?
400
One side of an island can have very warm temperatures while the other side cooler temperatures due to this factor.
What are winds?
400
These are formed when water droplets condense on dust and pollution in the atmosphere.
What are clouds?
500
Heat released or absorbed by a body.
What is latent heat?
500
Layer that protects all life from the sun's radiation.
What is the ozone layer?
500
Cities closer to this are warmer than cities closer to the poles.
What is the equator?
500
These clouds are described as sheets or layers that cover the sky.
What are stratus clouds?