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    The document summarizes the key layers of Earth's atmosphere: - The troposphere is the lowest layer where weather occurs. - Above the troposphere is the stratosphere, which contains the important ozone layer protecting the planet. - The mesosphere is the layer above where meteoroids burn up on entering. - The outermost layer is the thermosphere, containing satellites but with temperatures of over 1,800°C due to low air density.

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    The document summarizes the key layers of Earth's atmosphere: - The troposphere is the lowest layer where weather occurs. - Above the troposphere is the stratosphere, which contains the important ozone layer protecting the planet. - The mesosphere is the layer above where meteoroids burn up on entering. - The outermost layer is the thermosphere, containing satellites but with temperatures of over 1,800°C due to low air density.

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    Weather

    Weather
     Conditions of Earth’s atmosphere at
    particular time and place
    Climate

     Average weather conditions of a region


    throughout the year
    Atmosphere
     Layer of gases
    that surround the
    planet

     Earth’s
    Atmosphere make
    conditions on
    Earth suitable for
    living things
    Earth’s Atmosphere
     Made up of nitrogen, oxygen,
    carbon dioxide, water vapor,
    and many other gases, as
    well as particles of liquids and
    solids
     Nitrogen (N) – 78%
     Oxygen (O) – 21%
     Other Gases – 1%
    Layers of the Atmosphere

    ¤ Troposphere ¤ Stratosphere ¤
    ¤ Mesosphere ¤ Thermosphere ¤
    What are the four layers
    of the atmosphere?
    50 - 800 miles
    Thermosphere

    39 - 50 miles Mesosphere

    9 - 39 miles Stratosphere Ozone Layer

    0 - 9 miles
    Troposphere
    What is the troposphere?
    ¤ Lowest layer ( You are in it right now ! )
    Ground up to about 9 miles!
    ¤ Layer where all weather occurs
    Temperature decreases as you go
    up  -60oC at the top!

    ¤ 75% of the Earth’s air (most mass!)


    What is the stratosphere?
    ¤ 30 miles up from Troposphere (about 39
    miles from the ground!)
    ¤ Contains the ozone layer
    Ozone protects the Earth from the Sun’s
    ultraviolet radiation
    ¤ Ozone’s reaction with UV rays causes
    warming to 0oC

    Ultraviolet radiation can cause skin cancer


    and eye disease. Without the ozone layer, there
    would be no life on Earth.
    What is the mesosphere?
    ¤ About 50 miles up!
    ¤ Temperature drops to -90oC
    ¤ Protect the Earth from meteoroids
    Millions of meteors burn up daily in
    the mesosphere when the meteors
    collide with air molecules.
    Meteors travel towards Earth at 45
    miles per second. Friction with the
    air causes the meteor to vaporize.

    If you traveled at 45 miles per


    second, you could go from
    Newport News to LA in one minute
    What is the thermosphere?

    ¤ Highest layer!
    ¤ Nitrogen and
    oxygen molecules
    can be 1,800oC
    HOWEVER, they are so far apart
    so a thermometer would show it as
    very cold
    ¤ Contains little or no air
    ¤ Contains Earth’s man-made
    satellites

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