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which plants and animals can live where

equator, intense sunlight

poles, little sunlight

in between tropical and polar

temp precip wind speed cloud cover on hours and days

uneven heating by sun, rotation of earth properites of air water and land

winds, earths rotation, redistrib. of heat surface and deep currents

prevailing winds in tropical pacific change directions

H20 CO2 CH4 N2O

gases keep earth habitable

most precipittion falls on the windward side of mountain ranges

decreases with altitude

75-80% of earths mass, closest to surface, air, involved in chemical cycling

less water than troposphere, 03 ozone layer, allows us and other life to exist on land

concentrations high enough to harm human health or alter climate

dust, pollutants from wildfires and volcanoes, organics released by plants

emitted directly into the air

from reactions of primary pollutants

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thermospher

is not a greenhouse gas

are odorless, nonflammable, nontoxic, noncorrosive compounds

is not a theorized consequence of global warming

icebergs displace the same volume f water as a solid as they become a liquid

holds air particles during the winter months when chemical reactions begin in summer an ozone hole forms

are not estimte by ocean c02 bubbles

capture and store co2

is associated with warm dry and sunny climates

ozone

temperature inversion that increases air pollution

signed by 71 nations in montreal

results in global dimming and therefore food production may decline

4th layer, extends into space, 300 mi above earths surfac

3rd, temp decreases with altitude

colorless but with irritating odor

irritates respitory system and eyes, used for preservation

organic compounds that exist in gases in the atmosphere or evaporate from earths surface

natural occurences in an environment fall in the category of weather

is not stationary moves constantly

national standards for allowable outdoor air pollutants

produced by prevailing winds blowing over the ocean

cleaning solvent