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The stratosphere differs from the troposphere because it contains

1/1000th the water vapor

Ozone gas in the lower part of the stratosphere filters out how much of the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation?

95%

approximately how much of the air we breathe is composed of nitrogen and oxygen?

99%

which of the following statements about oceans is not true?

Ocean currents flow counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere

Most of the ozone layer is found in which of the following?

Stratosphere

The atmospheric layer containing 75% of the mass of earth's air is the

Troposphere

Scientists expect human-enhanced global warming to do all of the following except

lower sea levels

The rain shadow effect refers to

moister conditions on the windward side of mountain ranges

which of the following is not one of the results of the uv filtering effect of the ozone layer?

reduces the amount of water vapor in the troposphere

If the earth were an apple, the lower layer of the atmosphere would be the thickness of

skin

The atmosphere is divided into spherical layers based upon the

temperature changes from variation in absorption of solar energy

The term greenhouse effect describes

the trapping of heat energy by molecules in the atmosphere

the correct sequence of layers of the atmosphere from innermost to outermost is

troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere