chapter 12 vocab

is a thin layer of gases surrounding Earth

• Atmosphere

• Troposphere

• ozone layer

• Radiation

is water in its gaseous form

• ionosphere

• conduction

• water vapor

• stability

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The atmospheric layer closet to Earth’s surface

• mesosphere

• precipitation

• atmosphere

• troposhere

The atmospheric layer directly above the troposphere

• troposphere

• atmosphere

• stratosphere

• inosphere

The area of the stratosphere with a high concentration of ozone

• ozone layer

• land breeze

• air pollution

• trade winds

is a region within the mesosphere and thermosphere that contains ions

• water vapor

• matter

• ionosphere

• convection

is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves

• conduction

• precipitation

• particulate matter

• radiation

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

is the transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles of matter

• condensation

• conduction

• convection

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles within matter

• photochemical smog

• transportation

• convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Describes whether circulating air motions will be strong or weak

• stability

• ionosphere

• polar easterlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6