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A layer extending an average of 12 km above Earth’s surface

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Troposphere

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Occurs when air temperature increases with altitude and the air becomes stable

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Temperature Inversion

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a natural process in which certain gases in the atmosphere warm a plant as they absorb and emit infrared radiation

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Greenhouse Effect

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How are the earth’s atmospheric divided?

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Based on differences in composition and temperature

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What gas makes up the most of Earths atmosphere?

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Nitrogen- 78%

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What is the second most abundant gas found in the atmosphere?

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H2O- 21%

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What is the 1% of the gases called?

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Trace gases

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In the troposphere does the temperature increase or decease with altitude.

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It decreases

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what are the names of the five layers starting to the close earth surface going up?

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Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Troposphere, Exosphere

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Which layer is the ozone layer in?

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Stratosphere

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Does the temperature increase or deceases within the stratosphere ?

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Increases

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Does temperature increase or decrease within the mesosphere?

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It decreases until it gets to a higher level then starts to increase

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Does the troposphere and the exosphere impact weather

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no

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14
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Where does 100% of our solar radiation come form?

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Sun

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15
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what % of radiation absorbed by Earth Surface?

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50%

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16
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What % is reflected off of Earths surface?

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5%

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What % of solar radiation is absorbed by partials in the atmosphere

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20%

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18
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What % of solar radiation is reflected off of by partials in the atmosphere?

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25%

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What are the three basic cloud types?

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Stratus, cumulus, cirrus

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20
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Explain Stratus clouds?

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There are layered sheet like cloud, and associated with rain

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What are cumulus clouds?

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Nice puffy clouds and occur in fair weather

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Explain cirrus cloud?

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They are wispy, high-altitude clouds

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What are the processes were water from the land enters the atmosphere and eventually falls back to the land.

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Water Cycle

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What are all the the steps to the water cycle.

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Evaporation condensation, and precipitation.

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Apparent deflection of an object due to Earth's rotation.
Coriolis Effect
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Is a narrow band of fast-moving, high-altitude air.
Jet Stream
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A large volume of air with uniform moisture and temperature throughout.
Air Mass
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Air masses interact in zone.
Weather fronts
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How many jet streams are in the world
There are 4
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How many pressure systems are there?
2, low pressure, high pressure system
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What is the low pressure system also know as?
a Low (L)
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Which does a low pressure flow?
Counter clockwise
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What are some results of a low pressure system?
air rises, clouds form, and create precipitation
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What is a high pressure also know as?
a High (H)
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What do high pressures cause?
Causing the air to sink, which results in clear skies
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which direction does pressure flow?
High pressure flow clockwise
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What are the four weather fronts?
Cold front, warm front, stationary front, occluded front
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what causes a cold front?
cold air that forces warm air up and forms cumulus clouds
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What is a cold front represented by on the news?
Represented by the blue triangles
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How are warm fronts formed?
warm air rise gently above cold air
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What is the warm front represented by on the news?
Half circles
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How are stationary fronts formed?
They are formed by cold air and warm air meeting together
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How are the stationary represented on the news?
by half red circles and a blue triangle
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How are occluded fronts created
fast moving cold front takes over a slow moving warm front
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How are occluded represented on the news?
with purple triangles and half circles
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A climate that is strongly affected by an ocean
Maritime climate
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A climate that is not directly affected by an ocean
Continental climate
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Blows from over the water toward land
Sea breeze
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Long-term average of weather conditions
Climate
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Day to day outside condition
Weather
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What are the five sphere for earths system ?
Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere
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What is the atmosphere?
includes the air around us
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The biosphere?
is everything organic
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The hydrosphere?
is liquid water
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The cryosphere?
is frozen water in snow, ice, and glaciers
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The lithosphere?
is Earth's outermost layer
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What is the primary factor that influences climate?
Latitude
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Where is the solar rotation most intense on Earth?
Equator
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At what degrees do the sun rays hit earth surface at the tropic zone?
90 degrees
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At what degrees does the sun rays hit earth surface at the temperate zone?
45 degrees
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What degrees do the sun rays hit the polar zones?
30 degrees
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What zone are we located in?
Temperate zone
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What other factors determinate climate?
Precipitation, mountains, water
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What is the windward side on a mountain range?
Air is cool and wet and a lot of vegetation
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What is it like on the leeward side?
Warm and dry and little to no vegetation
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What is a land breeze?
Air form the land goes to the water
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Which climate zone and which type of vegetation does Colorado have?
Warm and semi-arid and grassland
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An increase in the average temperature of Earth's near-surface air and oceans
Global Warning
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is the warming of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of western South America that occurs every 3 to 10 years
El Nino
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which occurs when trade winds in the Pacific are unusually strong and surface water is colder than normal
La Nina
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How do seasonal changes happen?
They move around the sun
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Which hemisphere is in the summer?
They one that is tilled towards the sun
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What is the period of time where the earth was covered in ice?
Ice age
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How long ago did the world reach its current pattern?
about three million years ago
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What are some factors that cause climate change?
the tilt of the earth's axis and rotation, the shape of its orbit, and the timing of seasons
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How do humans create a climate change?
energy consumption, deforestation, and industrial and agricultural practice
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What is deforestation?
is the clearing of large areas of forest land
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How does deforestation caused climate in increase?
We relay on trees, and they remove the carbon dioxide

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