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Name 4 ways gasses are released into the atmosphere.
vehicles, plants, animals, volcanoes
What element makes up 78% of the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Name 3 things that can be a part of atmospheric dust.
salt, ash(fires or volcanoes), skin, hair, bits of clothing, dust, pollen, bacteria, viruses, aerosols
Tiny liquid droplets in the air are called what?
aerosols
The higher you go in altitude the ___________ it is to breathe.
harder
The __________ is where most of the Earth's weather occurs.
troposphere
In the troposphere the temperature __________________ the higher you go in altitude.
decreases
In the ________________ the temperature increases the higher you go in altitude.
stratosphere
What does ozone do?
reduces the amount of UV radiation that reaches the Earth
The transfer of energy across space and in the atmosphere
radiation
The flow of heat from a warner to cooler object
conduction
The transfer of heat by air currents
convection
Hot air ____________________
rises
Cold air ____________________
sinks
__________ colored object absorbs more heat.
dark
The greenhouse effect is when
gases trap heat near the earth
