Weather

2. the force that pulls you down and all other objects to the Earth.
5. layer farthest from Earth’s surface.
6. extends from the mesosphere to greater than 600 km above the Earth’s surface.
7. reaches Earth’s surface as pellets of ice. Starts small, and grows when it is lifted by an updraft. When it becomes too heavy hail falls.
8. a thin layer of gases that surround the Earth. Nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.
11. causes stratospheric temperatures to increase with increasing altitude.
12. reaches Earth’s surface as a solid; frozen as crystals of water.
13. Cycle a natural process where water moves continues to move along oceans, land, and the atmosphere.
14. reaches the Earth’s surface as droplets of water.

1. layer 15- 50 km above Earth’s surface. Upper portion contains the highest amount of ozone gas. Area with the most ozone gases is called the ozone layer.
3. the number of layers to the atmosphere.
4. extends to the stratosphere to about 85 km above the Earth’s surface.
9. layer closest to the Earth , 8-15 km, Greek for “change”, weather occurs after heat is radiated in this layer.
10. is water in liquid or solid form, that falls from the atmosphere.