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3.1 Atmosphere Terms and Definitions

Study guide for section 3.1

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Layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth?troposphere
How CFC's destroy the ozone layer.?destroy ozone molecule
What happens to evaporated water.condenses into clouds
Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.radiation
Transfer of heat by the flow of heated material.convection
Where electrically charged particles are found.ionosphere
Where air is warmed by heat from the Earth's surface.troposphere
Too much exposure to what can cause skin cancer.ultraviolet radiation
The only substance that exists as a solid, liquid and a gas in Earth's atmosphere.water
Temperature in the thermosphere.Very warm
This prevents radiation from reacing Earth's surface.reflection and absorption by the atmosphere
Sea and land breeazes happen because of what?land heating and cooling faster that water
What is the second most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?oxygen
What does the ozone layer absorb?ultraviolet radiation
How many oxygen atoms are in an ozone molecule?3
What gas do animals exhale?carbon dioxide
In the troposphere, what 2 conditions decrease as altitude increases?temperature and pressure
what electrically charged atoms called?ions
how air is heated near Earth’s surfaceconduction
what is one of the most abundant greenhouse gasesmethane
the coldest layer of Earth’s atmospheremesosphere


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