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  • What is the main driver of wind patterns in the Earth's atmosphere?
    Solar radiation
  • What role does humidity play in the formation of clouds?
    It provides the water vapor needed
  • How does temperature generally change with altitude in the troposphere?
    It decreases when altitude increases.
  • What happens to atmospheric pressure as altitude increases?
    It decreases
  • Methane in the atmosphere converts into _____________ in about a decade.
    Carbon dioxide
  • he____________ of rocks removes CO2 from the atmosphere, reducing the greenhouse effect.
    weathering
  • What is the primary process by which water vapor enters the atmosphere?
    Evaporation
  • What term describes the loss of water vapor from plants?
    Transpiration
  • Temperatures decrease toward the poles, as altitude__________.
    increases
  • In which layer of the atmosphere does most weather occur?
    Troposphere
  • Which process is primarily responsible for cooling the Earth's surface?
    Evaporation
  • Which process describes the breakdown of rocks and minerals through natural means, contributing to the cycling of carbon dioxide?
    Erosion
  • T or F: The sun releases the electromagnetic radiation that Earth receives as sunlight by the Photosphere.
    True
  • What is the relationship between altitude and temperature in the troposphere?
    Temperature decreases with altitude
  • Frozen methane gas hydrates are called______________.
    clathrates
  • What is a common characteristic of severe weather events?
    Rapid changes in air pressure
  • Which factor does NOT directly affect the rate of evaporation?
    Surface area
  • Rapid warming in the Arctic is melting the permafrost of the tundra and releasing ___________.
    Methane gas