Layers of the Atmosphere
exosphere
Height (km)
thermosphere
ionosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
troposphere
ozone layer
Layers of the Atmosphere
exosphere
Height (km)
thermosphere
ionosphere
mesosphere
Troposphere stratosphere
Temperature: 20oC -­‐ -­‐60oC Distance: 0 – 10 km Facts: most weather happens here, 99% of water vapor, convec<on currents, 75% of gases, plants/animals ozone layer
Layers of the Atmosphere
exosphere
Height (km)
thermosphere
ionosphere
mesosphere
troposphere
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
exosphere
thermosphere
ionosphere
Mesosphere Temperature: 0oC -­‐ -­‐80oC Distance: 50 – 85 km Facts: coldest region, protects Earth from meteors stratosphere
ozone layer
Layers of the Atmosphere
exosphere
Height (km)
thermosphere
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 mesosphere
stratosphere
troposphere
ozone layer
Layers of the Atmosphere
Height (km)
exosphere
Thermosphere Temperature: -­‐80oC -­‐ up to 2000oC Distance: 85-­‐ 500 km Facts: thickest layer, high temperatures ionosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
troposphere
ozone layer
Layers of the Atmosphere
Exosphere Temperature: Distance: 500 km and up Facts: air is very “thin” Height (km)
thermosphere
ionosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
troposphere
ozone layer
Layers of the Atmosphere
exosphere
Height (km)
thermosphere
ionosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
troposphere
ozone layer