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Weather How do factors in the Earth's atmosphere impact weather patterns?

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Page 1: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

WeatherHow do factors in the Earth's atmosphere impact weather

patterns?

Page 2: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward:› Troposphere› Stratosphere› Mesosphere› Thermosphere› Exosphere

Page 3: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Troposphere Temperature:› As altitude increases, temperature

decreases!

Page 4: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Troposhpere Gases:› Nitrogen and oxygen are found in ALL

layers of the atmosphere› There are other trace gases in the troposphere

Page 5: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Troposphere Air Pressure:› Greatest amount of pressure

Page 6: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Troposphere Interesting Facts:› Where we live› Where weather happens

Page 7: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Stratosphere Temperature:

›Cold!

Page 8: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Stratosphere Gases:› Nitrogen› Oxygen› Ozone

Page 9: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Stratosphere Air Pressure:› Decreases as you move through the layers

Page 10: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Stratsosphere Interesting Facts› Planes fly in this layer› This is where the ozone layer is› Absorbs ultraviolet radiation (UV)

Page 11: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Mesosphere Temperature:

›Coldest Layer

Page 12: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Mesosphere Gases:› Nitrogen› Oxygen

Page 13: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Mesosphere Air Pressure:› Decreases as you move through the layers

Page 14: Earth’s atmosphere is divided into several different atmospheric layers extending from the Earth’s surface outward: › Troposphere › Stratosphere › Mesosphere

LEQ 1: What are the characteristics of the main layers of the atmosphere?

Mesosphere Interesting Facts› Meteroids burn up in this layer› This can cause meteor trails.