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How does air normally move in the atmosphere?
high pressure to low pressure
What name is given to the upper atmosphere because of its distinct layers?
heterosphere
What is the normal value of atmospheric pressure at sea level?
1013 millibars
What global winds occurs at the highest altitudes?
polar easterlies
What portion of the Earth's magnetic field stretches away from the sun?
magnetotail
What is the most important and abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere?
water vapor
The area where the solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field is the?
magnetosphere
The upper-troposphere waves associated with the polar front jet stream are called?
Rossby waves
The temperature of a gas rises as the gas is compressed with no heat lost is called what?
adiabatic heating
High-altitude winds that are concentrated in narrow, meandering bands are called?
jet streams
Wind that occurs when a large amount of dense, cold air spills over a mountain range is called?
fall wind
What unit is used to measure the amount of energy something gains, loses, or uses?
watt
What effect causes wet and dry seasons through a seasonal change in wind direction?
monsoon effect
Which global winds were named because they consistently allowed ships to make passage across the ocean?
trade winds
What heats up faster, land or water?
Land
What causes the plasma in the ionosphere?
cosmic rays
