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- [[image:Edge_of_Space2.png|thumb|right|175px|Layers of Atmosphere (NOAA)]] The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding our planet ...24 KB (3,540 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
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- the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow. This can occur ... times a year, whenever some portion of the Earth's shadow falls upon ...10 KB (1,531 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- of the chemistry of the atmospheres of Earth and other planets. It is ... Earth's atmosphere is composed of about 78 percent nitrogen, ...11 KB (1,481 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- jlab.org/itselemental/ele010.html] In the Earth's atmosphere, however ... suggests that it may slowly leak out of the Earth's atmosphere and escape ...6 KB (841 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- phenomena in outer space or to study the Earth's atmosphere. Astronomical observations from the Earth's surface are hampered ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 19:04, 7 February 2023
- right|300px|The tectonic plates of the Earth's lithosphere.]] shell of a rocky planet. In the case of the Earth, the lithosphere includes ...8 KB (1,174 words) - 00:35, 3 November 2022
- of water around, over, and through the Earth is called the water cycle.]] continuous circulation of water within the Earth's hydrosphere. It involves ...15 KB (2,199 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- light that appears when a meteoroid enters Earth's (or another body& ... Tiny meteoroids continually enter the Earth's atmosphere, practically ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 16:25, 9 November 2022
- can measure the pressure exerted by the atmosphere by using water, air, or ... the water level, where it is open to the atmosphere. When the air pressure ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 08:09, 20 September 2023
- observatories, located on the surface of Earth, are equipped with telescopes ... nights each year. At high elevations, the Earth's atmosphere is thinner ...10 KB (1,374 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- A meteorite is a small extraterrestrial body that impacts the Earth's surface. While in space they are called meteoroids, and while falling ...5 KB (669 words) - 16:25, 9 November 2022
- energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth& ... Earth's geomagnetic field is not uniformly distributed around ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 14:17, 3 May 2023
- biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the earth. (Other planetary ... of exchange. These reservoirs are the atmosphere, terrestrial biosphere ...17 KB (2,593 words) - 23:46, 20 April 2023
- Hydrocarbons are among the Earth's most important natural resources ... For these reasons, hydrocarbons in the atmosphere are considered to be pollutants. ...8 KB (1,193 words) - 16:41, 19 July 2024
- where N_A is Avogadro's number (= 6.022 x 1023 particles per mole). In terms of Boltzmann's constant, the ideal gas law may be written as: ...9 KB (1,458 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- ==The Earth as an infrared emitter== The Earth's surface and clouds absorb visible and invisible radiation ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 19:21, 5 March 2024
- based telescopes is that water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere absorbs ... to a smaller IR absorption of the atmosphere. The residual IR background ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- The ozone layer is a layer in Earth's atmosphere that contains relatively high concentrations of ozone (O3). It is mainly located in the ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- from cosmic sources is absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere. X-rays ... detectors must be flown above most of the Earth's atmosphere. In the ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 14:15, 20 May 2023
- [[image:Edge_of_Space2.png|thumb|right|175px|Layers of Atmosphere (NOAA)]] The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding our planet ...24 KB (3,540 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- of restricted bodies of water on the Earth's surface. They are ... All bodies of water on the Earth's surface and in aquifers contain ...6 KB (841 words) - 07:00, 12 September 2023
