Layers of the Atmosphere

This is the layer where most commercial jet airliners fly.

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

What happens to the density (thickness)/air pressure of the air as you leave Earth?

• air gets thicker

• air gets thinner

• air stays the same

• air disappears

This is the layer where meteors, or shooting stars, burn up.

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

Where you will find the ozone layer.

• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• exosphere
• mesosphere

Where weather occurs.

• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• troposphere
• mesosphere

Where we live.

• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• troposphere
• mesosphere

The hottest layer.

• troposphere
• thermosphere
• exosphere
• mesosphere

Which order is correct from the earth to space?

• thermosphere

  troposphere

  exosphere

  mesosphere

  stratosphere

• thermosphere

  troposphere

  stratosphere

  exosphere

  mesosphere

• exosphere

  thermosphere

  mesosphere

  stratosphere

  troposphere

• troposphere

  thermosphere

  troposphere

  stratosphere

  exosphere

  mesosphere

What does the earth's atmosphere do?

• help to regulate the temperature on Earth
• Help UV rays to reach the Earth's surface
• Creates meteors in the sky
• Keep ocean waters cold

As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature _______________.

• decreases
• increases
• stays the same
• gets very hot