Spheres
Troposphere
Atmosphere closest to the earth
Thermosphere
Temperatures are excessively high, space shuttles fly here
The earth is surrounded by a blanket of air called?
Gas
When the air is cooled to the dew point near the ground, it forms a stratus cloud called?
Fog
Precipitation
water vapor that falls to earth as a liquid
Geosphere
All rocks that make up the earths terraine
All weather phenomenon occur here
Troposphere
The total amount of water on the earth
75%
Condensation
The process where water vapor becomes a liquid
What is a front
A boundry between two air masses (warm, cold)
Hydrosphere
Refers to the water on our planet
Has the least pressure and space shuttles fly here
Exosphere
Cloud droplets combine and grow large enough to fall to earth
Precipitation
Evaporation
when a liquid turns to a gas
Weather
The energy from the sun forms clouds, rain , heat energy
Stratosphere
Contains the ozone layer and protects us from harmful UV rays
Chloroforms affect this area
Ozone layer
The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation begins is the
Dew point
Sublimination
Transition of a substance directly from a solid to a gas (Snow. ice)
Stratus clouds
Forms at low altitudes and maybe associated with fair weather, rain or snow
Mesosphere
The coldest, gases are mixed up, meteors burn up here
The jet stream is in this area
troposphere
Someone who studies the weather
meteorologist
Transpiration
The evaporation of water from plants during photosynthesis
Cirrus cloud
Appear fiborous or curly high white thin clouds made of ice crystals