Lesson 3 - Layers of the Atmosphere

Trophosphere

The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere

Stratosphere

The second-lowest layer of Earth's atmospere

Mesosphere

The layer of Earth's atmosphere immediately above the stratosphere

Thermosphere

The outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere

Ionosphere

The lower part of the thermosphere

Exosphere

The outer layer of the thermosphere

The middle layer of the Earth's atmoshere is the ___.

mesosphere

The lower layer fo the thremosphere is the ___.

ionosphere

The upper region of the stratosphere is warm because energy from the sun is absorbed by the ___.

ozone layer

The ___ is thicker over the equator than over the poles.

troposphere

The exosphere is the outer layer of the ___.

thermosphere

The ___ contains almost all the mass of the atmosphere.

troposphere

The troposphere is thickest over the ___.

equator

Most meteoroids burn up in the ___.

mesosphere

Water forms thin, feathery clouds of ice at the top of the ____.

troposphere

The ____ is the upper layer of the thermosphere.

exonosphere

The temperatuer of the upper stratosphere is ___ than the lower stratosphere

warmer

The ___ contains the ozone layer.

stratosphere

Which layer of the atmosphere has no definite outer limit?

thermosphere

In which layer does Earth's weather occur?

troposphere

Which layer is just above the stratosphere?

mesosphere

In which layer can air temperatures reach 1800 degrees celsius?

thermosphere

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

temperature

The name of the molecule that is made up of three oxygen atoms is ____.

ozone