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| air has mass and takes up space, then air is ? |
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| air surrounding the earth |
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| most abundant gas in the air |
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| amount of Oxygen in our air |
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| layer of atmosphere where we live |
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| layer of atmosphere where meteors normally burn up |
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| rays of the sun the ozone blocks |
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| hottest layer of the atmosphere |
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| thermosphere (therm=heat) |
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| where the negatively-charged particles attract and distort light (auroras) |
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| fast moving current of air above the troposphere |
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| layer that contains the ozone |
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| coldest layer of the atmosphere |
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| if a planet or moon doesn't have an atmosphere it has no... |
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| if a weather balloon goes higher and higher into the atmosphere it will... |
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| POP (like Mr. Duckworth's belly) |
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| the air pressure (increases, decreases) as you move up through the atmosphere |
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| DECREASES that is why the balloon pops |
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| what you might see in the thermosphere |
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| where would the tallest mountain in the world be in the atmosphere levels? (Mt. Everest) |
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| spacecraft exit into space through this last section of the atmosphere |
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| 78% of the air we breathe |
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| the air pressure is pushing (in, out) on your eardrums during airline travel |
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| OUT since the pressure is getting less as you ascend |
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