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Byers, CE, Lesson 3
Lesson 3 Flashcards
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7th Grade
09/12/2011

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Joseph Henry
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Father of Weather Forecasting
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atmosphere
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thin blanket of gases that surrounds the earth
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climate
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weather conditions that are characteristic of a region or of a particular place over a long period of time.
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mesosphere
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The region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 50 and 80 km (30 and 50 miles) in altitude, in which the temperature decreases with height
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ozone layer
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a part of the stratosphere that contains a special form of oxygen (O3) that traps the sun's harmful ultraviolet radieation and keeps it from reaching the troposphere.
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radiation
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the process by which energy is transferred from one object, such as the Sun, to another object without the space between them being heated (energy travels by waves)
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satellite
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A man-made object placed (or designed to be placed) in orbit around an astronomical body
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solar energy
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energy from the sun
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stratosphere
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The region of the atmosphere extending from the top of the troposphere up to a height of about 50 km. , in the lower part of which there is little temperature variation with height in temperate latitudes and in the higher part the temperature increases with height
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thermosphere
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The part of the atmosphere characterized throughout by an increase of temperature with height.
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troposphere
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lowest region of the atmosphere, extending to a height of 8 to 18 km. and marked by convection(weather) and a general decrease of temperature with height
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weather
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the state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place.
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