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- convection
- transfer of heat by mass movement or circulation within a substance
- isotherms
- lines on a map that connect points with the same temperature
- stratosphere
- contains high concentrations of ozone
- temperature
- measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual atoms or molecules in a substance
- mountains
- act as barriers
- conduction
- transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity
- weather
- state of the atmosphere at any given time and place
- greenhouse effect
- the heating of earth's surface and atmosphere from solar radiation being absorbed and emitted by the atmosphere
- ozone
- is a form of oxygen that combines three oxygen atoms into each molecule (O3).
- heat
- energy transferred from 1 object to another because of a difference in their temperature
- scattering
- process that produces rays that travel in all directions
- troposphere
- all weather occurs here and all life on earth exists here
- mesosphere
- meteors (shooting stars) burn-up in this layer
- radiation
- transfer of heat that doesn't need a medium
- thermosphere
- so little air that it's essentially a vacuum
- nitrogen
- largest component of the atmosphere