Atmosphere Vocab Crossword Puzzle

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ATMOSPHERE: the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
TROPOSPHERE: the lowest region of the atmosphere, extending from the earth's surface
STRATOSPHERE: the layer above the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere, 32 miles above the earth's surface
MESOSPHERE: the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
THERMOSPHERE: the layer of the earth's surface above the mesosphere and below the exosphere
EXOSPHERE: the outermost region of a planet's atmosphere
OZONE: a layer in the earth's stratosphere containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun
GREENHOUSE EFFECT: the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation
WEATHER: the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat. dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
CLIMATE: the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general/over a long period of time
CONVECTION CELL: a self-contained convective zone in a fluid in which upward motion of warmer fluid in the center is balanced by downward motion of a cooler fluid.

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atmosphere: the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
troposphere: the lowest region of the atmosphere, extending from the earth's surface
stratosphere: the layer above the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere, 32 miles above the earth's surface
mesosphere: the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
thermosphere: the layer of the earth's surface above the mesosphere and below the exosphere
exosphere: the outermost region of a planet's atmosphere
ozone: a layer in the earth's stratosphere containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun
greenhouse effect: the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation
weather: the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat. dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
climate: the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general/over a long period of time
convection cell: a self-contained convective zone in a fluid in which upward motion of warmer fluid in the center is balanced by downward motion of a cooler fluid.