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| What is the most common gas in the atmosphere? |
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| What makes up 21% of the atmosphere? |
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| What makes up from 0-4% of the atmosphere? |
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| Argon, Carbon Dioxide, and Water Vapor |
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| Smog is a mixture of oxygen, pollutants, and other chemicals. |
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| The ___ is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's surface. |
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| The ___ contains the highest concentration of ozone? |
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| Electrically charged particles are found primarily in the ___. |
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| The ___ blends into outer space. |
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| In general, atmospheric pressure is greatest near Earth's surface and ___ as you move upward away from sea. |
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| There are ___ molecules of air at high elevations, so air pressure is less. |
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| Temperatures in the thermosphere and exosphere are ___. |
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| Three ozone atoms bonded together. |
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| If the ozone layer disappeared, life on Earth would be exposed to ___ concentrations of ultraviolent radiation. |
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| Chlorofluorocarbons may be harming the ozone layer by ___. |
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| Some scientists hypothesize that Earth's ozone layer is being damaged by ____. |
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| The ___ is the source of all energy in our atmosphere. |
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| Reflection and absorption by the atmosphere prevent some ___ from reaching Earth's surface. |
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| How does Earth receive energy from the sun? |
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| Solar radiation- some reflected and some absorbed by atmosphere, land, and water. |
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| ___ is the transfer of energy in the form of rays or waves. |
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| ___ is the transfer of heat by the flow of a heated material. |
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| The transfer of energy that occurs when molecules bump into one another is called ___. |
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| What do you call all the water on Earth's surface? |
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| The process of water vapor changing to a liquid is called ___. |
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| The ___ is caused by the Earth's rotation. |
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| Steady winds between the equator and 30degrees latitude north or south are known as the ____. |
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| The ___ are responsilble for the movement of much of the weather across the US and Canada. |
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| Sea and land breezes are caused because the land heats and cools ___ than the water. |
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