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Chapter 11: Atmosphere

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Horizontales
The layer between 100 km and 500 km above Earth's surface.
The layer 50 km to 100 km above Earth's surface.
Occurs when an air mass is forced to rise over a topographic barrier.
The extra thermal energy contained in water vapor compared to liquid water.
Occurs when cloud droplets collide and join together to form a larger droplet.
An increase in temperature with height in an atmospheric layer.
All forms of water that fall from clouds to the ground.
The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of heated material from one place to another.
Puffy, lumpy-looking clouds that usually occur below 2000 m.
The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere at a given location on Earth's surface.
The outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere and extends from 500 km to more than 10,000 km above Earth's surface.
Verticales
A layer in which the air temperature mainly increases with altitude and contains the ozone layer.
The temperature to which air must be cooled at constant pressure to reach saturation.
Often have wispy, indistinct appearance and are made up of ice crystals that form at heights of 6000 m.
A small particle in the atmosphere around which water droplets can form.
The transfer of thermal energy between objects when their atoms or molecules collide.
The layer of gases that surrounds Earth.
Occurs when the amount of water vapor in a volume of air has reached the maximum amount.
The amount of water vapor in a volume of air relative to the amount of water vapor needed for that volume of air to reach saturation.
The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves.
Layer closest to the Earth and contains most of the mass of the atmosphere; where weather occurs.
A layered sheetlike cloud that covers much or all of the sky in a given area.