7E1Jamerius Flashcards
Atmosphere
The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
Altitude
The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
Density
The degree of compactness of a substance.
Troposphere
The lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
Stratosphere
The layer of the earth’s atmosphere above the troposphere.
Mesosphere
The region of the earth’s atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere.
Thermosphere
A layer of Earth’s atmosphere that is directly above the mesosphere and below the exosphere.
Exosphere
The outermost region of a planet’s atmosphere.
Temperature
The degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
Nitrogen
The chemical element of atomic number 7, a colorless, odorless unreactive gas that forms about 78 percent of the earth’s atmosphere.
Carbon Dioxide
A colorless, odorless gas that is present in the atmosphere and is formed when any fuel containing carbon is burned.
Oxygen
A colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
Air Pressure
The force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth.
Concentration
The action or power of focusing one’s attention or mental effort.
Condition
The state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order.
Constant
Occurring continuously over a period of time.
Continuous
Forming an unbroken whole; without interruption.
Composition
The nature of something’s ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.
Elevation
The action or fact of elevating or being elevated.
Generate
Cause (something, especially an emotion or situation) to arise or come about.
Hazard
Any source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effects on something or someone.
Increase
Become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree.
Influence
The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.
Inhabitable
Suitable to live in; habitable.
Instability
Lack of stability; the state of being unstable.
Layer
A sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body.
Moderate
Average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.
Monitor
An instrument or device used for observing, checking, or keeping a continuous record of a process or quantity.
Originate
Have a specified beginning.
Pollutant
A substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere.
Property
A thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively.
Radiation
The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization.
Region
An area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
Relative
Considered in relation or in proportion to something else.
Solar
Relating to or determined by the sun.
Stable
(Of an object or structure) Not likely to give way or overturn, firmly fixed.
Structure
The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.
Surface
The outside part or uppermost layer of something (often used when describing its texture, form, or extent).
Uninhabitable
(Of a place) unsuitable for living in.
