ENVIRSC 1G03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lapse Rate, Fluid Parcel, Volatile Organic Compound
5 Aug 2016
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Atmosphere: thin, blue region along the edge of earth. Environmental science: the study of how the natural world works, how humans affect their environment, and how the environment affects humans in return. Climate: average conditions of atmosphere in a region. Troposphere: the lowest and thinnest of the four layers, yet it contains 80% of the atmosphere"s mass. Stratosphere: the area of little weather where the temperature increases with elevation is caused by the absorption of ultraviolet radiation by ozone. Mesosphere: characterized by decreasing temperatures with height and is the coldest atmospheric layer. Thermosphere: the upper most layer of the atmosphere. Ionosphere: not really a layer but rather an electrified region within the upper atmosphere where fairly large concentrations of ions and free electrons exist. Pollution: the human-caused addition of any material or heat energy in amounts that cause undesired alterations to the environment and is the by-product of economic and social activity.
