Science Quiest Flashcards
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What happens to pressure?
Altitude goes up
Temperature goes down
Pressure goes down
What are the major gases?
Oxygen and Nitrogen.
What are the variable fixed gases?
The amount stayed the same. Ex: Oxygen and Nitrogen.
What happens to temperatures?
Temperature goes up
Altitude goes up
What is a pause?
A thin layer above layers.
What are the roots of the layers?
Tropopause-Change, Stratosphere-Layer, Mesosphere-Middle, Ionosphere-Charged particles, Thermosphere-Heat, Exosphere-Outside.
What is the coldest layer?
Mesosphere
What is the hottest layer?
Thermosphere
What was the thickest and least dense layer?
Exosphere
What is the thinnest and most dense layer?
Troposphere
Where is water mostly found?
Troposphere
What is earths diameter or circumference?
8,000 miles
What are the light shoes called?
Aoraras
What causes them in the first place?
The magnetosphere and solar winds hit, then it creates electromagnetics that give you Auroras.
What gives them their glow?
Green-Oxgyen
Purple-Nitrogen
What are the 2 Auroras called?
Auroras Borealis and Auroras Australias.
How many satellites are there?
3,000
What is a meter?
They burn up in the atmosphere.
What is a meteorite?
It strikes the earth.
What is a meteoroid?
Between rock material.
What is CFC’s?
They destroy ozone and they help us.
What is the difference between waxing and waning?
Waxing: Increasing
Waning: Decreasing
Does the moon rotate?
Yes
Does the moon revolve?
No
