Chapter 17 Vocabulary Flashcards
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Radiation
The transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves
Air
The invisible gas substance surrounding her with a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen
Conduction
The transfer of heat or another form of energy from one particle of a substance to another
Convection
The transfer of heat energy in a liquid or gas through the circulation of currents of heated particles within the substance
Temperature
The measure of the average kinetic energy of the Adams or molecules in a substance
Heat
The total kinetic energy of all the particles of a substance
Troposphere
The lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere characterized by decreasing temperature with altitude
Stratosphere
This layer is in between the troposphere in the mesosphere
Ozone
A molecule of oxygen that consists of three oxygen Atoms
Mesosphere
This layer of that this year is in between the stratosphere in the thermosphere
Thermosphere
The layer of Earth’s atmosphere above the mesosphere This is the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere and is characterized by increasing temperatures with altitude
Ionosphere
The portion of the thermosphere between about 90 and 500 km above Earth and is highly ionized due to the effects of the suns ultraviolet rays
Insolation
The solar radiation that reaches Earth
Angle of insolation
When sunlight hits earth surface at an angle
Isotherm
Lines that connect places with the same temperature such as a topographical map connects places with the same altitude
temperature inversion
When earths surface is cooler than the air above it and convection does not occur
In which atmospheric layer is the ozone layer located in?
The stratosphere
In The troposphere temperature_________with altitude.
Decreases
In the thermosphere temperature _________ with altitude.
Increases
In the mesosphere temperature________ with altitude.
Decreases
In the stratosphere Temperature _______with altitude.
Increases
