Altitude
What is the altitude of the troposphere?
7km - 20km
What is the temperature of the stratosphere?
The bottom of the stratosphere is -60F and the top of the stratosphere is 5F
What is the air pressure of the mesosphere?
1 - 0.01 milibars
What are some physical characteristics of the thermosphere?
- Meteorites disintegrate as soon as they touch the air of this layer
- The boundary between the thermosphere and the exosphere is the thermopause
What are some other facts about the troposphere?
- The troposphere contains about 75% of the total mass of the atmosphere.
- Lowest layer
Since nearly all the dust and water vapor are found here, there are clouds in this layer.
What is the altitude of the stratosphere?
10km - 50km
What is the temperature of the troposphere?
About -55C (64F)
What is the air pressure of the thermosphere?
0.001 milibars
What are some physical characteristics of the stratosphere?
- It has very few clouds
- Temperature increases with altitude
What are some other facts about the mesosphere?
It extends from around 50km - 85km above our planet.
What is the altitude of the mesosphere?
31km - 53km
What is the temperature of the thermosphere?
about 932F - 3,632F or higher
What is the air pressure of the troposphere?
1000 - 100 milibars
What are some physical characteristics of the mesosphere?
It is above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere.
What are some other facts about the stratosphere?
- The ozone layer is very important for the survival of people and the stratospheres upper crust contains about 90% of it.
What is the altitude of the thermosphere?
90 - 500 to 1000km
What is the temperature of the mesosphere?
about -90C (-130F)
What is the air pressure of the stratosphere?
100 - 1 milibar
What are some physical characteristics of the troposphere?
- Most of the weather phenomena happens here.
- This layer contains almost all the water vapor and most of the dust.
- Temperature decreases as you get higher
What are some other facts about the thermosphere?
- The aurora primarily occur here
- It is the largest layer
- The temperature is largely influenced by solar activity