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☆☆☆☆☆The thermosphere is the first layer of the atmosphere where there are enough heavier molecules (oxygen) to absorb a significant anount of the Sun's radiation. Below the thermosphere, much of the heat is dissipated by convective currents.
Although technically "hot", the gas in the thermosphere is so thin that it can pass little heat to other molecules, and loss of heat by radiation would still cool objects in this part of the atmosphere.
the sun's radiation strikes it first
Respiration :)
Humans live their lives in the troposphere.
An el niño may be occurring if the pressure gradient decreases and fish harvests in Peru are weaker than normal.
Eutrophication
An aquifer
An increase in skin cancer can be trace to a decrease in atmospheric ozone.
...lowered the level of CO2 in the atmosphere and released O2
A. travel sowly
B travel fast
C. travel very slowly
The water is cooler than the land, and wind blows toward the water
tha atmosphere has a lower heat capacity
The littoral zone is that part of a sea, lake or river that is closest to the shore. In coastal environments, the littoral zone extends from the high water mark, which is rarely inundated, to shoreline areas that are permanently submerged.
The limnetic zone is the well-lit, open surface waters in a lake, away from the shore. The vegetation of the littoral zone surrounds this expanse of open water. The limnetic zone is found just above the profundal zone. Most of a lake's photosynthesis takes place in the limnetic zone.
Surface currents are caused by wind, and affected by the rotation of the Earth and the gravity of the moon (tides). When the oceans are deep, convection within the layers can also affect the flow of currents.
* While wind currents are greatly affected by uneven heating of the Earth's surface, there is no corresponding heating of the ocean bottom by the Sun. So currents do not form spontaneously at depth.
If the Earth stopped spinning completely, there would be just one day and one night a year. Six months of daylight would be followed by six months of night. ... The spinning of the Earth is also partially responsible for the Earth's magnetic field. No spin means no magnetic field
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