Layers of the Atmosphere

Draw a shooting star

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What is a shooting star?

Most shooting stars are visible from about ________ above Earth in a layer of atmosphere called the mesosphere.

• 50-80km

• 60-90km

• 40-60km

• 30-50km

Scientists divide Earth's atmosphere into four main layers classified according to changes in ____________.

List the layers of the atmosphere in order from the layer closest to Earth's surface to the layer closest to outer space

You live in the inner, or lower, layer of Earth's atmosphere, the ___________.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Although it is the shallowest layer, the troposphere contains almost all of the mass of the atmosphere.

• True

• False

The ____________ is the second layer of the atmosphere.

Weather forms in the troposphere

• False

• True

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why is the middle portion of the stratosphere warmer than the lower stratosphere?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6