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| What produces a variety of weather? |
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| The combination of Earth's motions and energy from the sun. |
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| What is climate based on? |
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| Climate is based on observations of weather that have been collected over many years. |
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| What is air a mixture of? |
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| Air is a mixture of different gases and particles, each with its own physical properties. |
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| What two gases make up 99% of dry air? |
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| What gas plays a significant role in heating the atmosphere? |
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| What is the source of all clouds and precipitation? |
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| What are some particles that remain suspended for long periods of time? |
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| Sea salts, fine soil, smoke and soot, pollen and microorganisms, and ash and dust |
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| When do oxygen atoms split into single atoms of oxygen? |
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| When the absorb ultraviolet radiation emitted from the sun |
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| It absorbs harmful UV radiation from the sun |
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| What accounts for nearly half of the primary pollutants by weight? |
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| Emissions from transportation vehicles |
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| What are secondary pollutants? |
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| Pollutants that are not emitted directly into the air |
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| What are photochemical reactions? |
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| Reactions triggered by strong sunlight |
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| What is atmospheric pressure? |
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| The weight of the air above |
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| How many layers is the atmosphere divided into? |
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| In what layer do most weather phenomena occur? |
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| Where does most energy that drives weather and climate come from? |
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| What creates winds and drives the ocean's currents? |
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| It is the unequal heating of Earth |
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| The spinning of the earth about its axis |
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| The movement of a body around another body |
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| What are the degrees the Earth is tilted? |
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| What is length of daylight determined by? |
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| Earth's position in orbit |
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| What are the three mechanisms for energy transfer? |
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| Conduction, convection, and radiation |
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| What can radiant energy travel through? |
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| Do hot or cold objects radiate more energy? |
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| Hotter objects radiate more energy than cold objects |
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| Does land or water hear to higher temperatures faster? |
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| Land heats more rapidly and to higher temperatures than water |
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| What is a coast called in which winds blow from the ocean onto the shore? |
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| Albedo is the fraction of the total radiation that is reflected by any surface. |
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| What does the extent of cloud cover influence? |
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| The amount of incoming radiation |
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| What type of lines connects points of the same temperature? |
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