Quiz 4 Environmental Science - Bert Johnson | Library | Formative

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Mesosphere		the highest layer of the atmosphere, it gets hotter as you go higher but is not thick enough to burn up most meteors
Troposphere		the third lowest layer of the atmosphere, it gets cooler as you go higher and has thick enough gas to burn up most meteors
Stratosphere		the second lowest layer of the atmosphere, it gets warmer at higher altitudes and contains the ozone layer, which protects us from UV light

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Ferrel Cell		convection cell which causes air to rise at the equator and fall at 30 degrees latitude, and one of the reasons 30 degrees in latitude is often very dry
Polar Cell		convection cell which causes air to rise at 60 degrees latitude and fall at 30 degrees latitude, and one of the reasons 30 degrees in latitude is often very dry
Hadley Cell		convection cell which causes air to rise at 60 degrees latitude and fall at the north and south pole, and one of the reasons 60 degrees north in latitude has many forests.

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South Pacific Gyre
Peru Current		Surface current that carries cold water Northward up the west coast of South America