California Content Standards - Science

Standard 4. Many phenomena on Earth's surface are affected by the transfer of energy through radiation and convection currents. As a basis for understanding this concept:

The Atmosphere

Vocabulary:

atmosphere

air pressure

altitude

troposphere

stratosphere

ozone

mesosphere

thermosphere

radiation

conduction

convection

greenhouse effect

global warming

wind

Coriolis effect

trade winds

westerlies

polar easterlies

jet streams

primary pollutants

secondary pollutants

 

acid precipitation

 

scrubber

 

 

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