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Atmosphere Air

The thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth. A mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms in the atmosphere. Atmospheric zone above the mesosphere. One of the five layers of the atmosphere, lying immediately above the troposphere and extending from 10 km to about 50 km above the Earths surface.

troposphere stratosphere

weather

Conditions in the atmosphere at a particular place and particular moment. The average weather in an area over a long period of time. Warming effect on the air caused by heat rising from the surface of the Earth and being trapped by gases in the troposphere. The gases in the atmosphere that traps and radiates heat Predicate increase in Earths temperature due to an increase in greenhouse gas in the atmosphere Form of oxygen with molecules made of three oxygen atoms Human-made chemical compounds that are restricted in use because they destroy the ozone. The elements of the natural world, as mountains, trees, animals or rivers. The type of dense cloud that yields rain or snow.

climate

Greenhouse effect

Greenhouse gases

Global warming

ozone

CFCs

nature

nimbus