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  • What element makes up 78% of the atmosphere?
    Nitrogen
  • In the ________________ the temperature increases the higher you go in altitude.
    stratosphere
  • The transfer of heat by air currents
    convection
  • The higher you go in altitude the ___________ it is to breathe.
    harder
  • Cold air ____________________
    sinks
  • The greenhouse effect is when
    gases trap heat near the earth
  • The flow of heat from a warner to cooler object
    conduction
  • In the troposphere the temperature __________________ the higher you go in altitude.
    decreases
  • What does ozone do?
    reduces the amount of UV radiation that reaches the Earth
  • __________ colored object absorbs more heat.
    dark
  • The __________ is where most of the Earth's weather occurs.
    troposphere
  • Hot air ____________________
    rises
  • Name 4 ways gasses are released into the atmosphere.
    vehicles, plants, animals, volcanoes
  • 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 transfer of energy across space and in the atmosphere
    radiation
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