Atmosphere
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- thermosphere
- the uppermost layer if the atmosphere, in which temperature increases as altitude increases
- air presssure
- the measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface
- how do differences in air density cause convection currents
- if it is cooler air, than it rises and it is a convection current. it is the same thing with cooler air, but it sinks
- stratosphere
- the layer of the atmoshere that is above the troposhere and in which temperature increases as altitude increases
- why doesn't the thermosphere feel hot
- because temperature is measured differently in the atmosphere than on Earth
- convection
- the transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas
- what are the 4 names of the atmosphere (layers)
- troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
- greenhouse effect
- the warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of
- describe the three physical states of water in the atmosphere
- liquid, solid, or gas (rain, snow or ice, or water vapor)
- atmosphere
- a mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon
- troposphere
- the lowest layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature decreases at a constant rate as altitude increases
- thermal conduction
- the transfer of energy as heat through a material
- mesosphere
- the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases
- radiation
- the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves