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| 8554934271 | Layers of atmosphere from bottom to top | Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere | 0 | |
| 8554934272 | Trophosphere | Lowest layer of atmosphere, highest air pressure, characterized by weather and convection currents | 1 | |
| 8554934273 | convection currents | the upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air | 2 | |
| 8554934274 | Stratosphere | Ozone layer and temp inversion-warm air is on top of cold air | 3 | |
| 8554934275 | Mesosphere | Cold because gases CANNOT absorb the suns radiation | 4 | |
| 8554934276 | Thermosphere | Contains gases that CAN absorb suns radiation | 5 | |
| 8554934277 | In the troposphere.... but in the stratosphere ... | As altitude increases, temp decreases As altitude increases temp increases | 6 | |
| 8554934278 | Climate | Affected by temperature and precipitation | 7 | |
| 8554934279 | angle of insolation | The light is more intense when it hits the Earth's surface at a higher angle | 8 | |
| 8554934280 | What creates the seasons? | -tilt of the axis -revolves around sun -axis points in the same direction | 9 | |
| 8554934281 | Angle of insolation affects | Intensity of sun and the temperature of the area | 10 | |
| 8554934282 | Albedo | Some areas reflect the suns light better than others | 11 | |
| 8554934283 | Changes in albedo cause | Global warming as surfaces such as asphalt are darker and therefore less reflective, and cause the Earth to heat up. | 12 | |
| 8554934284 | urban heat island effect | cities are hotter than surrounding areas due to man made infrastructure (dark buildings, pavement etc) | 13 | |
| 8554934285 | Property of water | Water heats up and cools down SLOWLY (coastal areas vs. inland areas) therefore less variation in coastal areas. | 14 | |
| 8554934286 | Elevation (mountains) | The temperature decreases with altitude | 15 | |
| 8554934287 | rain shadow effect | One side of mountain there is rainy weather (windward side) and on the other there is dry, desert like conditions (leeward side) | 16 | |
| 8554934288 | Cold, Dry air is more ___ than Warm humid air | Dense | 17 | |
| 8554934289 | adiabatic cooling | When air rises, it cools off due to pressure changes (molecules are able to move freely) | 18 | |
| 8554934290 | latent heat of vaporization | The amount of energy required to change a unit mass of a substance from liquid to gas | 19 | |
| 8554934291 | Cold dry air | High pressure | 20 | |
| 8554934292 | Warm humid air | Low pressure | 21 | |
| 8554934293 | wind patterns | Easterlies go to west, westerlies go to east and trade winds go to west | 22 | |
| 8554934294 | convection cells | Polar, Ferrell, Hadley | 23 | |
| 8554934295 | In then northern hemisphere, gyres rotate | Clockwise | 24 | |
| 8554934296 | In the Southern Hemisphere, gyres rotate | Counterclockwise | 25 | |
| 8554934297 | Warm water currents | Move heat from the equatorial region poleward | 26 | |
| 8554934298 | Cold water currents | Move toward the equator | 27 | |
| 8554934299 | Upwelling | When deep water is pulled to the surface | 28 | |
| 8554934300 | More evaporation in salt water = | Saltier water | 29 | |
| 8554934301 | thermohaline circulation | water circulation produced by differences in temperature and/or salinity (and therefore density) | 30 | |
| 8554934302 | ENSO | El Nino Southern Oscillation | 31 | |
| 8554934303 | El Niño | A warming of the ocean surface in the central and eastern tropical Pacific ocean | 32 | |
| 8554934304 | La Niña | Cooling of the ocean surface in the central and eastern tropical Pacific ocean | 33 | |
| 8554934305 | Jetstream | Narrow rapid moving air current flowing from west to east | 34 |
