Chap 18

Belt of high speed winds that blows across the upper latitudes of the earth

Envelope of gases that surrounds a planet, such as earth.

Concentrated oxygen (O3) that protects earth from harmful light

Upper part of the atmosphere that reflects long wave radio signals back to earths surface.

Comes from inside the earth and extends 100,000 miles in space, protecting living things from the suns radiation.

-Heat transfer caused by waves, such as light.

Heat transfer caused by direct contact of two objects.

Heat transfer caused by the movement of warmer, less dense air and cooler, more dense air.

Warming of the lower atmosphere as it traps heat from the ground.

Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere.