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Atmosphere
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the layers of the atmosphere (in order)? | Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere,thermosphere |
| What is the Troposphere? | Where all the weather occurs, closest to earth. |
| What is the temp in the Troposphere?Why? | Cool as you gain altitude, the surface of the earth is the heat source |
| What is the Stratosphere? | Contains the ozone layer, 2nd layer. |
| What is the temp in the Stratosphere?Why? | Absorbs uv radiation and releases heat upwards so as you gain altitude its warm. |
| What is the Mesosphere? | 3rd layer |
| What's the Mesosphere's temp and why? | Temp decreased because there's fewer gases to absorb energy |
| What's the Thermosphere? | Highest layer, where the Aurora borealis/Northern lights occur, absorbs most intense radiation from the sun. |
| What's the Thermosphere's temp?Why? | the temp is high because the gasses move quickly but there are very few molecules so it feels cold. |
| Whats a constant component? | There is always the same volume of air. |
| What percentage of the atmosphere is Nitrogen gas? | 78% |
| What percentage of the atmosphere is oxygen? | 21% |