Atmosphere Vocab

2. layer/A layer in the earth's stratosphere at an altitude of about 6.2 miles containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun.
5. breeze/A breeze blowing toward the sea from the land.
7. breeze/A breeze blowing towards land from the sea.
8. lowest region of the atmosphere, extending from the earth's surface to a height of about 3.7–6.2 miles.
10. radiation/Electromagnet radiation that has a wavelength between that of visible light and that of X-rays.
11. stream/a narrow, variable band of very strong, predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth.
12. transfer of heat or energy through liquid.

1. layer of the earth's atmosphere that lies above the mesosphere and extends from about 50 to 600 miles (80 to 1,000 km) above the earth's surface.
3. compounds of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine. They are harmful to the ozone layer in the earth's atmosphere giving us exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
4. envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
6. transfer of heat or energy by touch.
9. emission of energy as electromagnetic waves.
13. effect/The Earth's spinning