Atmosphere Lesson One

the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 30 and 50 miles (50 and 80 km) in altitude.

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

• Relative Humidity

• Thermosphere

An atmosphere is the layers of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body.

• Atmosphere

• Precipitation

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

the action or process of circulating heated air

• Condensation

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

the lowest region of the atmosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Exosphere

• Atmosphere

is a layer of Earth's atmosphere. It is the second layer of the atmosphere as you go upward.

• Thermosphere

• Cirrus

• Atmosphere

• Stratosphere

process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

• Condensation

the region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Density

• Exosphere

is energy that comes from a source and travels through space at the speed of light. This energy has an electric field and a magnetic field associated with it, and has wave-like properties.

• Conduction

• Condensation

• Radiation

• Convection

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases

• Radiation

• Greenhouse Effect

• Relative Humidity

• Latent Heat

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

the outermost region of a planet's atmosphere

• Troposphere

• Exosphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere