What does the atmosphere do?

4. atmosphere mostly heated from.
7. incoming solar radiation
13. fraction of light radiation reflected by a surface such as the moon, earth, or a cloud.
14. 2nd layer of the atmosphere containing ozone which protects life from harmful ultra violet light.
15. heat transfer through actual physical contact.
17. protective boundary between outer space and the biosphere that allows for all life to exist on Earth’s surface.

1. lets insolation in, but does not allow warm air trapped inside to escaple.
2. layer of the atmosphere closest to earth where all weather and most of the molecules exist extending out 8-16 km.
3. light energy radiated in the form of waves or particles.
5. air movement where warmer parts move up and the cooler parts move down.
6. act like a mirror bouncing up to 80% of the energy from the sun back into space.
8. gasses held around planet earth by gravity, filtering what is allowed in and out.
9. distance north or south from the earth's equator
10. relating to the earth or its inhabitants, relating to land as distinct from air or water.
11. to block and redirect light or sound.
12. great circle of the earth that is everywhere equally distant from the two poles and divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres
16. life in its smallest package.
17. straight line about which the earth rotates.