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Ch. 1 Weather
Layers of the Atnmosphere
Term | Definition |
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troposphere | the layer in which earth's weather occurs |
stratosphere | the layer with the ozone, and the layer that absorbs ultraviolet radiation |
mesosphere | the layer where meteoroids burn up |
thermosphere | extends 80 km above earth's surface outward into space |
ionosphere | the inner layer of the thermosphere. aurora borealis occurs here. (northern lights) |
exosphere | the outer layer of the thermosphere. satellites orbit around earth here. |