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Atmosphere
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atmosphere | the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet |
| Troposphere | The lowest of the Earth's atmospheric layers |
| Stratosphere | the layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere |
| Mesosphere | the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere |
| Ionosphere | Within the mesosphere and thermosphere is a layer of electrically charged particles |
| Thermosphere | the region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases to have the properties of a continuous medium |
| Exosphere | the outermost region of a planet's atmosphere |
| CFC'S | the chlorine in CFCs causes depletion of atmospheric ozone |