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The process in which organisms combine oxygen with glucose to produce energy

respiration

The process through which bodies of water lose water

evaporation

The lowest layer of the atmosphere

The lowest layer of the atmosphere is the Troposphere.

The measurement of the grams of water in a kilogram of air is called

The measurement of the grams of water in a kilogram of air is called specific humidity.

This is a winter storm that brings extreme temperatures and amounts of precipitation

blizzard

The supercontinent that separated into present-day continents due to continental drift was called

Pangea

The Auroras form here

Magnetosphere.

Caused by low pressure warm air that is rising

Hurracain

This type of lightning repeatedly starts and breaks

Beaded

Composed of hot dry air

continental tropical

What feature is true about air movement

cold to warm

What tide is caused by the straight alignment of the sun earth and moon

spring tide

Energy that is transmitted primarily through solids

Conduction :)

What feature is true about high pressure air mass

fair weather

What feature is true about the term cold air

Cold air is denser than hot air.

What do you call the comparison of the actual amount of water vapor in the air to the amount of water vapor in the air if it were saturated

This is called the "relative humidity."

Is cirrostratus cloud low-level medium-level or high-level

A high-level cloud type.

What was the probes first to extensively map the surface of the moon

U.S. Clemmentine

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The process through which bodies of water lose water

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The measurement of the grams of water in a kilogram of air is called

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What feature is true about air movement

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In what form is radiant energy reflected back into space

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Which type of climate is prevalent at the equator

When continents break apart into separate land masses it is called

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At what point does the southern hemisphere have the greatest exposure to the sun

Is Mars The Third Planet From The Sun

Which of these is a component of the earth's hydrosphere

Planet that is third from the sun

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