ES Ch 3 Sec 2 Vocab Review

a mixture of gases that surrounds a planet, such as Earth

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• atmosphere

• ozone

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the lowest layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature

     drops at a constant rate as altitude increases; the part of 

     the atmosphere where weather conditions exist

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• atmosphere

• ozone

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the layer of the atmosphere that lies between the troposphere 

     and the mesosphere and in which temperature increases as 

     altitude increases; contains the ozone layer

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• atmosphere

• greenhouse effect

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a gas molecule that is made up of three oxygen atoms

• atmosphere

• ozone

• greenhouse effect

• convection

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the energy that is transferred as electromagnetic waves,

     such as visible light and infrared waves

• conduction

• convection

• ozone

• radiation

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the transfer of energy as heat through a material

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• greenhouse effect

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the movement of a fluid, such as water or air, due to

     differences in density that are caused by temperature

     differences; results in a circular motion of the fluid

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• ozone

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 the warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of Earth that 

     happens when carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases in 

     the air absorb and reradiate infrared radiation

• conduction

• greenhouse effect

• radiation

• convection

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