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| THE THIN LAYER OF AIR THAT FORMS A PROTECTIVE COVERING AROUND THE PLANET |
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| THE LOWEST OF EARTHS LAYERS |
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| A LAYER OF ELECTRICALLY CHARGED PARTICLES WITHIN EARTHS MESOSPHERE AND THERMOSPHERE |
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| A TYPE OF ENERGY THAT COMES TO EARTH FROM THE SUN. CAN DAMAGE SKIN & CAUSE CANCER |
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| LAYER OF THE STRATOSPHERE WITH A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF OZONE, ABSORBS MOST OF THE SUNS HARMFUL ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION |
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| CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS USED IN REFRIGERATORS, AIR CONDITIONERS, FOAM PACKAGING, AND AEROSOL SPRAYS THAT MAY DESTROY THE OZONE |
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| ENERGY TRANSFERRED BY RAYS OR WAVES |
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| TRANSFER OF ENERGY THAT OCCURS WHEN MOLECULES BUMP INTO EACH OTHER |
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| TRANSFER OF HEAT BY THE FLOW OF MATERIAL |
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| ALL THE WATERS OF THE EARTH |
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| PROCESS IN WHICH WATER VAPOR CHANGES TO A LIQUID |
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| CAUSES MOVING AIR AND WATER TO TURN LEFT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AND TURN RIGHT IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE |
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| NARROW BELT OF STRONG WINDS THAT BLOWS NEAR THE TOP OF THE TROPOSPHERE |
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| MOVEMENT OF AIR FROM SEA TO LAND DURING THE DAY WHEN COOLER AIR FROM ABOVE THE WATER MOVES OVER THE LAND, FORCING THE HEATED, LESS DENSE AIR ABOVE THE LAND TO RISE |
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| MOVEMENT OF AIR FROM LAND TO SEA AT NIGHT, CREATED WHEN COOLER, DENSER AIR FROM THE LAND FORCES UP WARMER AIR OVER THE SEA. |
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