air pollution and control vocab

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Ratio of water vapor in air to max it could hold at that temp

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relative humidity

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Transfer of heat between two objects in contact.

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Conduction

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Atmospheric layer nearest Earth's surface

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troposphere

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A large body of air

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air mass

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Thin layer of gases surrounding Earth

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atmosphere

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Transfer of energy through space

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Radiation

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Transfer of heat by fluid currents

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Convection

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Second layer of the atmosphere with the ozone layer.

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Stratosphere

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Atmospheric pressure

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Air pressure

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Boundary between air masses differing in temp & moisture

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