Atmosphere Vocabulary Review

The layer of the atmosphere with the most air pressure. All weather occurs in this layer. As altitude increases, temperature decreases.

• exosphere

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

This layer starts out cold, but includes the ozone (in the upper part) which creates a warmth near the top. Planes fly in this layer. Weather balloons burst when they reach this layer.

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

The coldest layer of the atmosphere. Meteoroids burn in this layer (due to friction).

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

The hottest layer of the atmosphere. The air is thin and there is not a lot of air pressure. Space shuttles orbit in this layer and it is also where the Auroras occur

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

The layer of the atmosphere with the least amount of air pressure, and the closest layer to outer space. Satellites are found in this layer.

• exosphere

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

The layer of gases that surrounds the planet and makes conditions on Earth suitable for living things

• weather

• air pressure

• atmosphere

• greenhouse effect

The force exerted on a surface by the weight of the air

• air pressure

• weather

• ozone

• solar energy

This occurs only in the troposphere and is the state of the atmosphere in regards to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, and cloud cover

• solar energy

• ozone

• air pressure

• weather

A form of oxygen that is found in the stratosphere. It absorbs energy from the sun and warms the air.

• weather

• ozone

• atmosphere

• cumulus cloud

The driving energy source for heating the Earth and for the circulation of the Earth’s atmosphere

• atmosphere

• weather

• solar energy

• greenhouse effect