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Flashcards by siobhan.quirk, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by siobhan.quirk
over 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| greenhouse effect | the process in which the absoptuin and subsequent emission of infrared radiation by atmosphereic gases warms the lower atmosphere and the planet's surface |
| Troposphere | the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere, extending from the Earth's surface up to about 7km and to about 20km |
| Stratosphere | second layer of the Earth's atmosphere, containing the ozone layer about 10-50km above the Earth's surface |
| Adsorption | process that occurs when a gas, liquid or solute is held to the surface of a solid or, rarely, a liquid |
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