True of False: Water will boil more easily at higher altitudes.
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How does the greenhouse effect help the Earth?
Trapping some of the Earth's heat energy so that it doesn't all escape into space.
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Define weather.
The atmospheric conditions of a certain place at a certain time.
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List the different variables that are used to describe weather.
temperature, air pressure , wind, humidityÂ
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Expalin waht the meaning of the root word "thermos" means.
heat
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Name this front.
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Explain why breathing is more difficult at higher altitudes.
The air at higher altitudes is colder, less dense, and contains fewer oxygen molecules. The air is much thinner.
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As you move through this layer of the atmosphere, the temperatures continue to rise up to 2000 degrees Celsius.
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What type of air can hold more water?
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Planes fly in the ___ layer of the atmosphere.
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Where does a maritime topical air mass come from and what type of weather desi ut bring?
comes from the warm temperatures of the Gulf of Mexico and moves northward. The air mass creates more of a chance of storms in southeast & central U.S. region.
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As altitude increases in teh troposphere, the temperature ____.
