Atmosphere Key Terms

The parts of Earth where life exists.

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The solid part of the earth.

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The system containing all Earth’s water.

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The thin blanket of gasses that surrounds the earth.

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The layer of the earth’s atmosphere above the troposphere. It has very little water vapor or other gasses; protective ozone layer forms there.

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

The part of the atmosphere between the troposphere and the thermosphere in which the temperature decreases with altitude.

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

The highest level of the atmosphere where solar radiation is absorbed.

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

The outer region of the atmosphere.

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

The layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth, in which air moves in all directions. It is where most of the earth’s weather takes place.

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6