Chapter 1 & 2

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Latitude is the distance from the equator, measured in degrees?
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Air pressure is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.
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The troposphere is like a planet.
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Atmosphere is made up of mixtures of atoms and molecules of different kinds.
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What adds particles to atmosphere?
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Farming and construction are a kind of human activity that gives off pollution.
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Oxygen is the second most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
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What is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air?
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Infrared radiation has wavelengths shorter than red lights.
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Visible light has red, orange, yellow, ______, blue, indigo, and violet
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Altitude decreases when air pressure decreases.
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Is the process of the water molecules in liquid water escape into air as water vapor evaporation?
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The atmosphere is made up of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapor, and many other gases.
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What gives energy to earth?
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What consists of a glass tube open at the bottom end and partially filled with mercury.
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The outer most layer is called the exosphere.
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Lakes and ponds are harmed by acid rain
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Nitrogen is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
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The lowest layer of the atmosphere is called ionosphere.
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Is the water cycle the movement of water?
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Clouds form when it is cool outside.
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Who monitors the air quality?
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Sailors ran out of food and water for their horses, so they threw the horses over-board at 30 degrees north and south and that is how horse latitudes got its name.
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What is the way Earth's rotation makes winds curve?
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Burning fossil fuels cause acid rain & smog
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Molecules are made up of two or more atoms.
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The outer most layer is a layer of the moon.
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Relative humidity is measured by using a psychrometer?
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_____ are winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long directions.
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This energy travels to earths as electromagnetic ______.
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Energy travels to earth as electromagnetic radiation.
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A ____ is the horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.
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Density= mass/volume
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The mesospheres is the layer of the atmosphere that protects earth surface from being hit by most meteoroids.
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_____ travels to earth as electromagnetic radiation.