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| 78% Nitrogen, 20% Oxygen, 1% water vapor, 1% other gases |
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| Amount of water vapor in the air |
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| Different properties at different altitudes, density decreases with increasing altitude. |
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| Warm air rises, gas molecules move more freely |
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| Temp is highest near surface of earth, decreases as altitude increases. |
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| Ash and gas from volcanic eruptions, layer above troposphere |
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| Temp. decreases with altitude, below -90 C |
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| Can travel through space or material |
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| A measure of how fast the atoms in a material are vibrating |
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| Taken in or released when an object changes state of matter |
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| Radiation, convection, conduction |
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| Transfer of heat by the movement of warmed matter |
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| Transfer of energy from particle to particle |
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| Electromagnetic waves transfer energy through space |
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| The heat energy from the sun that hits the earth is not all bounced back into space, gasses warm the atmosphere by trapping heat. |
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| shields life on earth from sun's radiation |
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| Created by 3 Oxygen atoms |
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| Keeps earth's temperature moderate |
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| More energy reaches the low latitude lines near the equator. |
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