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Layers of the Atmosphere
troposphere
ozone layer stratosphere
ionosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
exosphere
Heig
ht (k
m)
Layers of the Atmosphere
ozone layer stratosphere
ionosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
exosphere
Heig
ht (k
m)
Troposphere Temperature: 20oC -‐ -‐60oC Distance: 0 – 10 km Facts: most weather happens here, 99% of water vapor, convec<on currents, 75% of gases, plants/animals
Layers of the Atmosphere
troposphere
ionosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
exosphere
Heig
ht (k
m)
Stratosphere Temperature: 40oC -‐ 0oC Distance: 10 – 50 km Facts: contains ozone, jet fly here, manned balloons Ozone Layer Facts: 3 oxygen atoms combined, absorbs ultraviolet radia<on (that causes skin cancer) chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s) break apart the O3 atoms
Layers of the Atmosphere
ozone layer stratosphere
ionosphere
thermosphere
exosphere
Mesosphere Temperature: 0oC -‐ -‐80oC Distance: 50 – 85 km Facts: coldest region, protects Earth from meteors
Layers of the Atmosphere
troposphere
ozone layer stratosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
exosphere
Heig
ht (k
m)
Ionosphere Loca9on: in mesosphere/thermosphere Facts: layer of electrically charged par<cles, causes radio waves to bounce off the Earth and move far away, auroras happen here
Layers of the Atmosphere
troposphere
ozone layer stratosphere
ionosphere
mesosphere
exosphere
Heig
ht (k
m)
Thermosphere Temperature: -‐80oC -‐ up to 2000oC Distance: 85-‐ 500 km Facts: thickest layer, high temperatures
Layers of the Atmosphere
troposphere
ozone layer stratosphere
ionosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
Heig
ht (k
m)
Exosphere Temperature: Distance: 500 km and up Facts: air is very “thin”
Layers of the Atmosphere
troposphere
ozone layer stratosphere
ionosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
exosphere
Heig
ht (k
m)