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    The document describes the main layers of Earth's atmosphere: 1) The troposphere is the lowest layer containing weather like clouds and rain, where temperature decreases with height up to 6.5°C per kilometer. 2) The stratosphere extends up to 50 km, containing most of the atmosphere's ozone which absorbs UV radiation and causes temperatures to increase with height. 3) Above the stratosphere, the mesosphere and thermosphere have temperatures that decrease and increase with height, respectively, due to radiation absorption.

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    The document describes the main layers of Earth's atmosphere: 1) The troposphere is the lowest layer containing weather like clouds and rain, where temperature decreases with height up to 6.5°C per kilometer. 2) The stratosphere extends up to 50 km, containing most of the atmosphere's ozone which absorbs UV radiation and causes temperatures to increase with height. 3) Above the stratosphere, the mesosphere and thermosphere have temperatures that decrease and increase with height, respectively, due to radiation absorption.

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    The document describes the main layers of Earth's atmosphere: 1) The troposphere is the lowest layer containing weather like clouds and rain, where temperature decreases with height up to 6.5°C per kilometer. 2) The stratosphere extends up to 50 km, containing most of the atmosphere's ozone which absorbs UV radiation and causes temperatures to increase with height. 3) Above the stratosphere, the mesosphere and thermosphere have temperatures that decrease and increase with height, respectively, due to radiation absorption.

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    The document describes the main layers of Earth's atmosphere: 1) The troposphere is the lowest layer containing weather like clouds and rain, where temperature decreases with height up to 6.5°C per kilometer. 2) The stratosphere extends up to 50 km, containing most of the atmosphere's ozone which absorbs UV radiation and causes temperatures to increase with height. 3) Above the stratosphere, the mesosphere and thermosphere have temperatures that decrease and increase with height, respectively, due to radiation absorption.

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    The Troposphere

    This is the lowest part of the


    atmosphere - the part we live in.
    It contains most of our weather -
    clouds, rain, and snow. In this
    part of the atmosphere the
    temperature gets colder as the
    distance above the earth
    increases, by about 6.5°C per
    kilometer. The actual change of
    temperature with height varies
    from day to day, depending on
    the weather.
    The Stratosphere
    This extends upwards from the
    tropopause to about 50 km. It
    contains much of the ozone in the
    atmosphere. The increase in
    temperature with height occurs
    because of absorption of
    ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the
    sun by this ozone. Temperatures
    in the stratosphere are highest
    over the summer pole, and
    lowest over the winter pole.
    The Mesosphere
    The region above the
    stratosphere is called the
    mesosphere. Here the
    temperature again decreases
    with height, reaching a minimum
    of about -90°C at the
    "mesopause".
    The Thermosphere
    The thermosphere lies above the
    mesopause, and is a region in
    which temperatures again
    increase with height. This
    temperature increase is caused
    by the absorption of energetic
    ultraviolet and X-Ray radiation
    from the sun.
    The Exosphere
    The region above about 500 km
    is called the exosphere. It
    contains mainly oxygen and
    hydrogen atoms, but there are so
    few of them that they rarely
    collide - they follow "ballistic"
    trajectories under the influence of

    gravity, and some of them


    escape right out into space.

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