The Layers of the atmosphere

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Across
  1. 2. or colored alcohol.
  2. 4. radiation- wavelengths given off by the sun that are shorter than violet
  3. 6. form of oxygen that results when gases react in the sunlight.
  4. 9. elevation, is the distance above sea level.
  5. 11. the amount of mass in a given space; mass per unit volume.
  6. 13. warming- a theory that predicts that an increase in carbon dioxide will cause
  7. 14. condition of earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
  8. 16. layer- a layer of the upper atmosphere that protects people from the
  9. 17. a thin glass tube with a bulb on one end that contains a liquid, usually
Down
  1. 1. an instrument that measures changes in air pressure.
  2. 3. effect- the trapping of heat near Earth’s surface.
  3. 5. average temperature to rise.
  4. 7. pressure- the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.
  5. 8. - the average amount of energy of motion of each molecule of a
  6. 9. the mixture of gases that surround earth.The outermost of the five spheres into which scientists divide the earth
  7. 10. Vapor-A water in the form of gas.
  8. 12. the inner layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
  9. 15. of too much ultraviolet radiation.