Earth Science Chapter 9 Review

Aircraft fly here to avoid storms and get better mileage

layer where warm and cold air replace each other

The most common form of precipitation

study of the atmosphere

indirect warming of the atmosphere

Cool clear weather is associated with

This layer protects us from solar flares

What the wind chill factor describes

amount of water vapor actually present in the air

The most abundant gas in the homosphere

the indication of thermal energy in the air

What formed the atmosphere?

Discoverer of oxygen

Ozone is made of

charged particles escape the ionosphere into the magnetosphere to create this

weight of gases per unit area

The amount of water vapor in the air compared to how much could be there

When God created the atmosphere

Which layer has an effect on radio communications on earth?

A mirage

coldest layer of the atmosphere