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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
The Atmosphere
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GLOBALWARMING
NITROGEN
GREENHOUSEEFFECT
THERMOSPHERE
STRATOSPHERE
TROPOSPHERE
WEATHER
OXYGEN
AIR
MESOSPHERE
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1.  The trapping of heat rays from the sun by carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases. (2 words)
2.  The only layer of the atmosphere able to support life.
4.  Approximately 21% of the troposphere is this gas.
5.  The rise in the earth's temperature that may be a result of the increase of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the air. (2 words)
6.  The moon does not have an ____, therefore the moon has no greenhouse effect.
7.  The layer of the atmosphere that is between the thermosphere and stratosphere.
8.  The layer of the atmosphere where planes fly. The thin air is not suitable for humans, but planes run most efficiently in this layer of the atmosphere.
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3.  Air density in this layer of the atmosphere is extremely low. This layer of the atmosphere has the greatest variation in temperature from a low of negative ninety-three degrees Celsius to a high of fifteen hundred degrees Celsius.
9.  The mixture of gasses that surround the earth.
10.  The changing conditions of the atmosphere in one place at a certain time, including temperature, humidity, wind, clouds, and air pressure.
11.  Approximately 78% of the troposphere is this gas.

 

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3T
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SPHERE
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SOLEAR
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