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1
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Water in its gaseous form

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Water vapor

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Forms when lightning interacts with oxygen in the air and creates a molecule of three oxygen Atoms

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Ozone

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Where close is there a surface; in which earth weather occurs

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Troposphere

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Contains the ozone there which protects us from ultraviolet rays that can kill plants animals and cause skin cancer in humans

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Stratosphere

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Protects earth surface from being hit by most meteoroids with burnt up from friction with the atmosphere

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Mesosphere

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Two layers

charged particles allowing radio waves to bounce off and auroras to occur

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Thermosphere(ionosphere)

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Outer layer of thermosphere

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Exosphere

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Distance above sea level

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Altitude

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9
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Result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area

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Air pressure

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10
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Chemical symbol for nitrogen

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N

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Chemical symbol for oxygen

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O

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12
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Chemical symbol for water vapor

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H2O

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13
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Chemical symbol for carbon dioxide

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CO 2

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14
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  • Most abundant gas in the atmosphere
  • essential to life
  • needed to repair cells
  • can’t be taken directly from atmosphere
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Nitrogen

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15
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  • plants and animals take it directly from the atmosphere
  • any fuel uses this to burn
  • with out it a fire will go out
  • ozone is a form of this
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Oxygen

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16
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  • atmosphere contains a little of it but it’s essential for life
  • plants must have it to produce food
  • animals give it off as waste
  • when fuels are bored this is given off
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Carbon dioxide

17
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  • air isn’t dry because of this
  • water in the form of gas
  • invisible not the same as steam
  • this gas above a rain forest would be higher that above a desert
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Water vapor

18
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Form of radiation with lover wave lengths

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Infrared radiation

19
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Shorter wave lengths can break chemical bonds

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Ultraviolet light

20
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Explain radiation

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Energy that can travel through space

Ex:being on the beach on a hot sunny day

21
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Explain conduction

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When particles come in contact

Ex:pan on a hot stove

22
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Explain convection

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Movement of particles

Ex:the particles when water is evaporating

23
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Sunlight in the form of a mixture of all the colors you see in a rainbow

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Visible light

24
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Formed by less dense air and warmed earths surface

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Convection currents

25
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Whether circulating air motions will be strong or weak

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Stability

26
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Explain the green house effect and why is it important

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The free house effect is a natural process to regulate temperature on earth that is the most important element

27
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Atmosphere

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Thin layer of gases surrounding the earth

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