Atmosphere

Nitrogen

• The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure

• 2nd most abundant gas in the atmosphere (21%)

• Most abundant gas in the atmosphere (78%)

Oxygen

• 2nd most abundant gas in the atmosphere (21%)

• becomes a higher percentage as you go up in the atmosphere

• As you go up in altitude, both temperature and pressure go _________.

• Most abundant gas in the atmosphere (78%)

Trace Gases

• 2nd most abundant gas in the atmosphere

• The remaining 1% of all other gases in the atmosphere including water vapor.

• Most abundant gas in the atmosphere

• The outer layer of the thermosphere, extending outward into space.

Weather

• An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure

• As your move up in the atmosphere, it is harder to breathe because the air becomes _____________.

• The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• Year round conditions at a particular location

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Atmosphere

• The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

• Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths that are shorter than visible light but longer than X-rays.

• The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• The upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air

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Water Vapor

• 2nd most abundant gas in the atmosphere (21%).

• The remaining 1% of all other gases in the atmosphere including water vapor.

• the upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air

• water in the form of a gas

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More than 3/4 of the air we breathe is what?

• Oxygren

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

• Traces Gases

Density

• The amount of MASS in a given VOLUME

• An object's weight

• Since air has ___________, it also has other properties, including density and pressure.

• the lower part of the thermosphere, where electrically charged particles called ions are found

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Since air has ___________, it also has other properties, including density and pressure.

• mass

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• weight

Air Pressure

• he effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.

• the pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area

• Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths that are shorter than visible light but longer than X-rays.

• reflection of light in all directions