Layers of the Atmosphere
In the mesosphere, this space object creates shooting stars.
What are meteors?
Meteors burn up in this layer.
What is the mesosphere?
What is a layer of gases that surrounds the planet?
In the exosphere, these two things escape into space.
What are atoms and molecules?
The Northern Lights occur in this layer.
What is the thermosphere?
The four (4) gases that are in the Earth's Atmosphere.
What is oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor?
This contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
Weather forms in this layer.
What is the troposphere?
This helps to keep the atmosphere in place.
What is gravity?
You won't need a jacket in this layer since it is the hottest one.
What is the thermosphere?
Take a ride in a commercial jet plane to visit this layer.
What is the stratosphere?
The percentage of Nitrogen that is in the Earth's atmosphere.
What is... 78%
This layer holds most of the atmosphere's mass.
What is the troposphere?
Satellites collect data and pictures high above Earth in this layer.
What is the exosphere?
These three (3) things would happen if we would lose the Earth's Atmosphere.
What is....
We would lose oxygen, we would have no liquid water, we would have no protection from UV rays, and life would not exist?