Atmosphere  - a mixture of gases that surrounds a planet, moon, or other celestial body., Air Pressure  - the measure of force with which air molecules push on a surface., Mesosphere - the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and thermosphere and in which temp. Decreases as altitude., Thermosphere - the uppermost layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature increases as altitude increases, Stratosphere - The layer of the atmosphere that is above the troposphere and in which temperature increase as altitude increases, Troposphere - the lowest layer of the atmosphere, in which the temperature decreases at a constant rate as altitude increases , Ozone Layer - a gas molecule that is made up of three oxygen atoms., Greenhouse effect - the warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases absorb and reradiate thermal energy., Wind - the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure., Coriolis affect - the curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation, Conduction - the transfer of energy as heat through a material., Convection - the movement of matter due to differences in density; transfer of energy due to the movement of matter, Radiation - the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves, Thermal energy - The kinetic energy o a substance's atoms, Thermal expansion - An increase in the size of a substance in response to an increase in the temperature of the substance , Temperature - A measure of how hot (or cold) something is, specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object., Heat - The energy transferred between objects that are different temperatures., Jet Stream - A narrow band of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere., Local wind - The movement of air over short distances, occurs in specific areas as a result of certain geographical features. , Global wind - The movement of air over Earth's surface in patterns that are worldwide,

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