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Atmosphere Key Point
Question | Answer |
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What is the Atmosphere? | the layer of gases that surrounds the planet and makes conditions on Earth suitable for all living things. |
What is the first atmospheric layer? | The troposphere |
What is the second atmospheric layer? | The stratosphere |
What is found inside the stratosphere? | the ozone layer |
What is the third atmospheric layer? | The mesosphere |
What is the fourth atmospheric layer? | The thermosphere |
What is the fifth atmospheric layer? | the exosphere |
What occurs in the troposphere? | weather |
as you get higher into the troposphere, the temperature..... | decreases |
as you get higher into the stratosphere, the temperature..... | increases |
as you get higher into the mesosphere, the temperature..... | decreases |
as you get higher into the the thermosphere, the temperature..... | increases |
as you get higher into the exosphere, the temperature..... | decreases |
The thermosphere can reach how high in temperature? | 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit |
the mesosphere is the coldest or highest atmospheric layer? | coldest |
The stratosphere protects us from the sun's harmful what? | UV rays |
The thermosphere absorbs what type of energy? | solar |
the thermosphere is broken into what? | parts |
The exosphere has no what? | boundary |
The further you get into the atmosphere the air pressure what? | decreases |
What is the green house effect? | the sun's heat and Earth's gases get trapped in the troposphere to prevent the Earth from freezing at night. |