7.3.1/ Kaylee Flashcards

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Atmosphere

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The gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air

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Altitude

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The height of anything above a given planetary reference plane, especially above sea level on earth.

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Density

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The state or quality of being dense; compactness; closely set or crowded condition.

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Troposphere

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The lowest layer of the atmosphere,

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Stratosphere

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the region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the troposphere

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Mesophere

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The region between the stratosphere and the thermosphere,

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Thermosphere

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The region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases to have the properties of a continuous medium.

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Exosphere

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The outermost region of a planet’s atmosphere.

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Temperature

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The degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object.

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Nitrogen

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The chemical element of atomic number 7, a colorless, odorless unreactive gas that forms about 78 percent of the earth’s atmosphere.

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Carbon Dixode

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A colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 percent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.

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Oxygen

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A colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.

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Air pressure

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The force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth.

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Concentration

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The action or power of focusing one’s attention or mental effort.

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Condition

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The state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order.

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Constant

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Occurring continuously over a period of time.

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Continuous

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Forming an unbroken whole; without interruption.

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Composition

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The nature of something’s ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.

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Elevation

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The height above a given level

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Generate

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Cause (something, especially an emotion or situation) to arise or come about.

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Hazard

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A danger or risk.

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Increase

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Become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree.

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Influence

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The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.

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Inhabitable

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Suitable to live in; habitable.

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Instability

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Lack of stability; the state of being unstable.

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Layer

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A sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body.

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Moderate

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Average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.

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Monitor

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Observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review.

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Originate

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Have a specified beginning.

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Pollutant

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A substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere.

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Property

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A thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively

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Radiation

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The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization.

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Region

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An area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

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Relative

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Considered in relation or in proportion to something else.

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Solar

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Relating to or determined by the sun.

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Stable

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(of an object or structure) Not likely to give way or overturn; firmly fixed

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Structure

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The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex

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Surface

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The outside part or uppermost layer of something (often used when describing its texture, form, or extent)

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Uninhabitable

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(of a place) Unsuitable for living in.