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Solidification Lithification
Minerals
Naturally formed elements and inorganic compounds
Materials that compose rocks
Maybe composed of single elements or two or more elements chemically
combined
Mineralogy
Study of minerals
Mineralogists
Subject the minerals to various tests to identify them and determine their
properties
Nitrogen
Most abundant gas in the atmosphere
Does not enter into chemical combinations easily
Important component of protein
Oxygen
Second most abundant gas
Carbon Dioxide
Comprises a tiny fraction of the atmospheric gases
Different Atmospheric Layers
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S-cience
M-onkeys
T-ook
E-van
Troposphere
Nearest to the earth’s surface
Densest layer
Clouds of all types, storms and all types of weather phenomena occur in this
layer
Tropopause – upper boundary
Stratosphere
Less dense and relatively dry
Ozone layer
Stratopause – upper boundary
Mesosphere
Hottest layer
Mesopause – upper boundary
Thermosphere
Coldest layer
Thermopause – upper boundary
Exosphere
Thin transition layer into outer space
Greenhouse Effect
Natural warming of the earth
Greenhouse Gases
Heat-trapping gases
Cause global warming and ozone depletion
Carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, water
vapor
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)
Most destructive greenhouse gas