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Where do meteors burn up?

A

Mesosphere

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2
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When are molucules denser?

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When closer to earth.

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3
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What does the Barometer measure?

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Atmospheric pressure

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4
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Where are satellites?

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Exosphere

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5
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What kind of pressure is a cold front?

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low pressure

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6
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What’s the hottest layer?

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Thermosphere

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7
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What creates wind?

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Cold air rushing to fill the space

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8
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What creates storms?

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Two fronts meeting

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9
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Where do planes fly?

A

Stratosphere

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10
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Where are trade winds

A

Around the equator

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11
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Which way does the wind move in the US?

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West to East

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12
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What’s the atmosphere’s coldest layer?

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Mesosphere

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13
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Has climate changed over many years?

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Yes.

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14
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Which layer is the Ionosphere in?

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Thermosphere

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15
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Where is the Ozone layer?

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The Stratosphere.

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16
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What is a severe thunderstorm, it forms with swirling areas of low pressure, and is a supercell?

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A tornado

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17
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What drives all weather?

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Large scale Convection

18
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The higher you get in the troposphere, does the temperature increase or decrease?

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What element makes wind?

A

Solar Energy.

20
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What makes land and sea breezes?

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Uneven heating between land and water.

21
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What is a source of energy in hurricanes?

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Thermal energy

22
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What does air mass do when it’s heated?

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It expands and rises.

23
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Water evaporates and then what can condolences be released as?

A

Precipitation

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Would a hurricane be included on a weather map?

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The process of water cooling and becoming liquid is:
Condensation
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What cloud produces hail?
A cumulonimbus
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What makes harmful UV rays and concentrated gas?
O3
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What is An element in the earth’s atmosphere more powerful as gas?
Nitrogen.
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What element is the Nitrogen Cycle in?
Air
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How do greenhouse gasses keep the atmosphere | warm?
By absorbing infuriated air released by the earth.
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What uses the sun to transport water as rain?
Storms.
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What is made when a stratus cloud touches the | ground?
Fog.
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What formations bringing precipitation are associated with warm fronts?
Clouds.
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What does rising warm air from oceans lead to?
Hurricanes.
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What forms clouds?
Condensation.
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What predicts storms?
Satellites.
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What do air pressure drops turn sunny skies into?
Storms.
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Where do convection currents in the Troposphere come from?
Sunlight heating earth unevenly.
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What does the sun heating earth unevenly turn into?
Wind patterns.
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Why are renewable recourses better than fossil fuels?
They're better for the environment.