Atmosphere Vocabulary

4. the continuous flow of plasma
6. Chlorofluorocarbons that were first synthesized in 1928 as a safe alternative to toxic gases like ammonia and sulfur dioxide that were used as refrigerant
8. superheated gases composed of electrically charged particles from the sun
9. mixture of gases that surrounds the earth and is held in place by gravity
10. three atom form of oxygen gas that protects earth from UV radiation
13. Small organisms that float in the atmosphere
14. Layer between the troposphere and the stratosphere
15. upper part of the mesosphere

1. Area around the earth that is affected by the earth’s magnetic field
2. ___ storm is extra disturbance from the solar wind
3. Top of the stratosphere
5. lower region of the thermosphere at 80 to 300 km above the earth
7. white trails of fine,white crystals across the sky
11. atmospheric ___ is the pressure exerted by the weight of earth’s atmosphere at any given point on earth
12. electrically charged atoms that have gained or lost one or more electrons
16. high frequency radiation from the sun.