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| Shorter than visible light |
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| Wavelengths of Violet light |
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| Longer than wavelengths of ultra violet radiation |
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| Most of the energy that heats Earth's atmosphere |
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| The total energy of motion in the molecules of a substance |
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| How energy travels through space to Earth |
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| Visible Light, Infrared Radiation, and Ultra Violet Radiation |
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| Energy from the sun that reaches Earth |
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| The process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere |
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| Heat transfer between two substances that are in CONTACT Ex: touch a hot spoon |
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| Transfer of heat by FLUID movement/Most heating of troposphere/Takes place because COLD air is MORE dense than WARM air |
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| Direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.Ex:How heat from a campfire reaches you. |
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| The freezing point of pure water |
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| Winds are caused by differences in... |
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| Where air tends to move toward |
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| Earth's rotation make the winds seem to curve |
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| Blow from specific directions over LONG distances |
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| Caused by unequal heating within a SMALL area/Blow over shorter distances than Global winds. |
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| Caused by uneven heating of the atmosphere which leads to differences in air pressure, which causes wind |
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| Trade winds, Prevailing Westerlies, and Polar Easterlies |
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| Located at 30 degrees North and South Latitudes |
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| Increased cooling that can make the air feel cooler than the measurement on the thermometer |
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| Form when water vapor in the air becomes liquid water or ice crystals |
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| Three Main Types of Clouds |
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| Cumulus, Stratus, and Cirrus |
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| Flat Layered clouds that cover much of the sky |
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| Large clouds that often produce thunderstorms |
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| Very high feathery clouds |
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| Form near the ground and look fluffy and puffy |
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| Any form of water that falls from clouds |
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| Measures relative humidity |
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| Most of the world receives more... |
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| An ice pellet larger than 5 millimeters that forms during a thunderstorm |
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| Forms when raindrops fall through a layer of air below freezing point and become solid particles of ice as they fall. |
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| Rain drops don't freeze in the air but do freeze when they touch a cold surface |
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| The flow of air from land to a body of water/air over land cools more quickly |
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| The flow of air from an ocean or a lake to the land/warm air rises over the land forming cooler air from the water under it. |
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