| A | B |
|---|
| Aerosols | Tiny liquid or solid particles found in the atmosphere. |
| Air Pressure | The weight of the air above us. |
| Air | An unknown composition of the atmosphere. |
| Albedo | The percentage of electromagnetic radiation that a material reflects. |
| Aurora Borealis | The northern lights, a reaction of the ionosphere with solar flares. |
| Black Body | Prefect emitter and absorber of electromagnetic radiation. |
| Condensation | When a gas goes directly to a liquid. |
| Conduction | Heat transfer from molecule to molecule in direct contact. |
| Convection | Heat transfer by mass motion of a fluid medium. |
| Deposition | When a gas goes directly to a solid. |
| Energy | The capacity to do work. |
| Environmental Lapse Rate | The amount that the temperature decreases as height increases ≈ 6.5C/km. |
| Evaporation | When a liquid goes directly to a gas. |
| Freezing | When a liquid goes to a solid. |
| Heat | Energy being transformed in response to temperature difference. |
| Heterosphere | Layer of the atmosphere that is not uniform in composition. |
| Homosphere | Layer of uniform composition with in the atmosphere. |
| Internal Energy | Total energy of an object determined by mass and temperature. |
| Ionosphere | Electrically charged layer of the atmosphere. |
| Kinetic Energy | Energy released and in motion. |
| Latent Heat | Energy transfer from a phase change. |
| Melting | When a solid becomes a liquid. |
| Mesopause | The imaginary line that divides that mesosphere and thermosphere. |
| Mesosphere | Third layer of the atmosphere where temperature increases. |
| Outgassing | The release of atmospheric gases as the planet cooled. |
| Ozone | Forms a protective layer over the Earth, a form of O3. |
| Photosynthesis | The use of light energy and carbon dioxide to create sugar and oxygen. |
| Potential Energy | Stored energy at rest. |
| Radiation | Heat transfer by admission and absorption of electromagnetic waves. |
| Stratopause | The imaginary line that divides that stratosphere and mesosphere. |
| Straosphere | This layer of the atmosphere contains ozone and increases in temperature. |
| Sublimation | When a solid goes directly to a gas. |
| Surface Pressure | Air pressure adjusted from sea level. |
| Temperature | Mean or average kinetic energy of the particles of matter. |
| Thermosphere | Small amount of atmosphere with high temperature but low heat. |
| Tropospause | The imaginary line that divides that troposphere and stratosphere. |
| Troposphere | Turn over layer where weather is experienced. |
| Water Vapor | The gas form of water found through out the air. |
