Atmosphere Study Guide

How are the layers of the atmosphere classified?

• Gases

• Air

• temperature

Name the layers of the atmosphere starting at the surface of the earth.

• Temperature

  gases

  weather

• Temperature

  mesosphere

  exosphere

  inosphere

• Troposhere

  stratosphere

  mesosphere

  thermosphere

  Inosphere

  exosphere

The further you go into the troposhpere what happens to temperature?

• decreases

• increases

What is the composition of Earth's atmosphere?

• 78% Nitrogen

  21%Oxygen

  1% other gases

• 21% Nitrogen

  78% Oxygen

  1% other gases

What happens in the troposhere?

• *weather

  *convection currents

• *temperature

  *Convection currents

What happens in the stratosphere?

• *Jets fly

  *Protective Ozone Layer

• *Weather

  *Convection Currents

What happens in the mesophere?

• *Coldest Layer

  *Protects us from meteors

• *Hottest Layer

  *Protects us from meteors

• *Protective Ozone Layer

  *Jets Fly

What happens in the ionosphere?

• *Protects us from meteors

  *Coldest layer

• *Aurora Borealis

  *Radio waves bounce off ions

What happens in the exosphere?

• *Protects us from meteors

• Satellites orbit

What is the densest layer of the atmosphere?

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere