Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
Chapter 22 The Atmosphere FLASHCARDS Create flashcards by cutting along the dotted lines and folding on the solid lines. Use the flashcards to study the vocabulary words for this chapter. troposphere the lowest layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature drops at a constant rate as altitude increases; the part of the atmosphere where weather conditions exist stratosphere the layer of the atmosphere that lies between the troposphere and the mesosphere and in which temperature increases as altitude increases; contains the ozone layer mesosphere the coldest layer of the atmosphere, between the stratosphere and the thermosphere, in which temperature decreases as altitude increases thermosphere the uppermost layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature increases as altitude increases; includes the ionosphere Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Super Summary Key Term Flashcards Chapter 22 The Atmosphere greenhouse effect the warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases in the air absorb and reradiate infrared radiation water cycle the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, and the oceans humidity precipitation the amount of water vapor in the air any form of water that falls to Earth's surface from the clouds; includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Super Summary Key Term Flashcards Chapter 22 The Atmosphere transpiration the process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata; also the release of water vapor into the air by other organisms dew point at constant pressure and water vapor content, the temperature at which the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation Coriolis effect the curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation air mass a large body of air throughout which temperature and moisture content are similar Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Super Summary Key Term Flashcards Chapter 22 The Atmosphere front the boundary between air masses of different densities and usually different temperatures climate the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time topography the size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its relief Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Super Summary Key Term Flashcards