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Atmosphere layers

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  • It has the ozone layer
    Stratosphere
  • Meteors burn up
    Mesosphere
  • where we live and breathe
    Trosposhere
  • What would happen to nightly temperatures without greenhouse gases?
    get extremely warning
  • Weather is created
    Trosposhere
  • Aiplanes fly here
    Stratosphere
  • Auroras take place here
    Thermosphere
  • Name the greenhouse gases
    carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, ozone
  • What are gaseous elements and compounds that make up the atmosphere?
    nitrogen, oxygen, water, argon, carbon dioxide
  • It is the outermost layer
    Exosphere
  • The closest layer to Earth
    Troposhere
  • It contains chemicals which absorb energy from the sun
    Mesosphere
  • Altitude of 300 to 600 miles
    Exosphere
  • Amount of water vapor in the air is -
    humidity
  • Give 2 functions of the atmosphere
    It protects us from UV rays and regulates temperature
  • particulates
    dust, soil, salt, smoke or ash
  • It reflects radio waves
    Ionosphere
  • Ozone layer
    absorbs most of the Sun's harmful UV radiation
  • The second most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
    oxygen
  • Why is it important to have some particulates in the air
    water vapors condense on particles to form clouds resulting precipitation
  • It has free ionic partcles
    Ionosphere
  • Space shuttles travel here
    Thermosphere
  • The name given to mesosphere and thermosphere
    Ionosphere
  • Why are Greenhouse gases essential?
    Keep Earth's temperature moderate
  • The most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
    nitrogen