air pollution and control vocab

the ratio of water vapor the air contains to the maximum amount it could have at that temperature

• atmosphere

• rain clouds

• relative humidity

• air pressure

the transfer of heat directly between tow objects that are in contact with one another

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• front

the atmospheric layer that is nearest Earth's surface

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

a large body of air

• air pressure

• ozone layer

• relative humidity

• air mass

thin layer of gasses that surround the Earth

• hydrosphere

• mesosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

transfer of energy through space

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• convection current

the transfer of heat by the movement of currents within a fluid

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• air mass

the second layer of the atmosphere, contains the ozone layer

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

atmospheric pressure

• atomosphere

• air mass

• air pressure

• front

the boundary between air masses that differ in temperature and moisture

• air pressure

• front

• air mass

• troposphere