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albedo: ...
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alto: ...
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barometer: ...
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cirrus: ...
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climate: ms.f,jsdkagsa
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cloud seeding: ...
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coalescence: ...
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condensation nuclei: ...
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describe how heat can be transferred (three ways) and give examples of each.: convection: a pot of boiling water
conduction: a tea spoon dipped in hot water
radiation:how the sun's heat reaches the Earth's
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describe how rain may be produced artificially.: Basic needs for artificial rain are large cloud size, high cloud density and cooling effect.Cooling effect converts vapor in to water droplets.
Spraying of sodium chloride or silver nitrate or liquid gas ( nitrogen , carbon dioxide ) extracts heat from vapor and start raining.
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describe what happens to the sun's energy as it enters the atmosphere and hits the Earth's surface-what percent is absorbed and reflected?: ...
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describe what happens what the temperature of air decreases at or below the dew point.: When it cools to the dew point, the air is saturated and often fog and/or dew will form, but not always. If this air is being forced to rise, you get clouds and often precipitation.
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describe/ draw the layers of the Earth's Atmosphere.: The lowest is the troposphere, which is the layer that provides most of our weather. It contains about 80% of the Earth's air, but extends only to a height of about 11 miles (17 kilometers) at the Equator and less at the Poles.
Above the troposphere is the stratosphere. It extends to a height of about 30 miles (50 kilometers) and includes the ozone layer.
Above the stratosphere is the mesosphere. Meteors generally burn up in this layer, which extends to a height of about 52 miles (85 kilometers).
Above the mesosphere is the thermosphere. It extends to about 430 miles (690 kilometers). The International Space Station and other low orbit satellites orbit within this layer. Space is widely accepted now as starting at 100km above sea level.
The highest layer is the exosphere. This part of the Earth's atmosphere extends outward until it interacts with the solar wind. It ranges from 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) to 6,214 miles (10,000 kilometers) above the surface, where it merges with interplanetary space.
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dew point: ...
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electromagnetic spectrum: ...
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fog: ...
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gamma waves: ...
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how does albedo affect Earth's energy budget?: ...
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humidity: ...
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infrared waves: ...
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lonosphere: ...
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microwaves: ...
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ozone: ...
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psychrometer: ...
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radiation: ...
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radio waves: ...
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relative humidity: ...
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saturated: ...
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stratosphere: ...
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stratus: ...
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ultraviolet waves: ...
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WHAT ARE THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE?: ..atmosphere of Earth is mostly made of nitrogen, 78%, and oxygen, 21%. The remaining 1% is made of water vapors, carbon dioxide, and other gaseous molecules.
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What happens to the temperature and pressure as you go up in layers of the Earth's Atmosphere and why?: ...
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what is the difference between a warm front and a cold front?: Cold fronts are defined by cold air advancing, sliding under and displacing warmer air - they are steeper and move more quickly.
Warm air cannot displace cold air easily because it is less dense. Therefore, it rides up and over it, producing stratus and nimbostratus clouds where light precipitation falls.
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where are you likely to find a High Pressure system? are they generally associated with rain or sunshine?: ...
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why does it generally get colder as you move further away from the equator?: the farther away from the equator you are, the hotter it is because the sunlight from the sun is not as direct as it would be on the equator.
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why is it good to have the ozone high and why is it bad to have the ozone nearby?: ...
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x-ray waves: ...
