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29 Cards in this Set
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Percent of solar radiation reflected by a surface.
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Albedo
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Ratio of the force of the air to the area of the surface on which it presses.
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Atmospheric Pressure
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Instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
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Barometer
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General weather conditions over many years.
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Climate
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Type of energy transfer in which vibrating molecules pass heat along to other vibrating molecules by direct contact.
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Conduction
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Looping pattern of flowing air.
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Convection Cell
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Narrow zone of low air pressure at the equator characterized by weak and undependable winds.
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Doldrums
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Complete range of wavelengths of radiation.
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Layer of the atmosphere above the ionosphere that merges with interplanetary space.
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Exosphere
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Process by which the atmosphere traps infrarred rays over the Earth's surface.
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Greenhouse Effect
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Sub-tropical high-pressure belt of air, around 30 degrees latitude.
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Horse Latitudes
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Lower region of the thermosphere, at an altitude of 80 to 550 km.
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Ionosphere
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Bands of high-speed, high-altitude westerly winds.
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Jet Streams
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Upper boundary of the Mesosphere, marked by an increase in temperature.
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Mesopause
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Coldest layer of the atmosphere that extends upward from the stratosphere to an altitude of about 80 km.
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Mesosphere
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Process in which nitrogen moves from the air to the soil to animals and back to the air.
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Nitrogen Cycle
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Form of atmospheric oxygen that has three atoms per molecule.
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Ozone
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Weak global winds located north of 65 degrees south latitude that flow away from the poles.
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Polar Easterlies
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The atmospheric pressure measured at sea level; 760 mm of mercury.
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Standard Atmospheric Pressure
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High-temperature zone that marks the upper boundary of the stratosphere.
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Stratopause
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Layer of the atmosphere that extends uward from the troposphere to an altitude of 50 km; contains most atmospheric ozone.
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Stratosphere
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Belt of low air pressure at about 60 degrees north and 60 degrees south latitude.
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Subpolar Low
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Atmospheric condition in which warm air traps cooler air near the Earth's surface.
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Temperature Inversion
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The atmospheric layer above the Mesosphere.
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Thermosphere
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Global winds flowing toward the equator between 30 degrees and 0 degrees latitude.
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Trade Winds
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Upper boundary of the Troposphere in which the temperature remains almost constant.
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Tropopause
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Atmospheric layer closest to the Earth's surface where nearly all weather occurs.
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Troposphere
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General condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place.
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Weather
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Global winds located between 40 degrees and 60 degrees latitude that flow from the southwest in the Northern Hemisphere and from the Northwest in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Westerlies
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