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The document discusses the five layers of Earth's atmosphere from the Earth out: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. It provides details on the characteristics of each layer such as temperature, air pressure, and notable phenomena.

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Atmosphere

The document discusses the five layers of Earth's atmosphere from the Earth out: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. It provides details on the characteristics of each layer such as temperature, air pressure, and notable phenomena.

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Earth’s Atmosphere

Why is it so important to life on


earth?

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Earth’s atmosphere is made
up of 5 different layers…

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Did you know that The
Science Monkey’s Took
Evan?
Say it with
me…
●The
●Science

●Monkeys

●Took

●Evan

*
I know you are thinking…what
is he talking about???
●The ●Troposphere
●Stratosphere
●Science

●Mesosphere
●Monkeys
●Thermosphere
●Took
●Exosphere
●Evan

●THE FIVE LAYERS


OF THE EARTH’S
MEANS….
●
ATMOSPHERE FROM
THE EARTH OUT!

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Why is the atmosphere
divided into 5 different
layers?
●Any guesses?
● The atmosphere is divided into
five different layers because the
atmosphere is not uniform, its
properties change with altitude.
●Two properties change with

altitude, the AIR PRESSURE and


the AIR TEMPERATURE
●Lets look at each layer

individually.
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The first layer of the atmosphere
is the…
TROPOSPHERE

●The troposphere is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to


earth.
●The troposphere goes from 0km to 16km.

●All weather happens in the troposphere.

●More than half the air in the total atmosphere is in this

layer.
●The temperature drops as the altitude increases.

●Harmful ozone is found here…IT CREATES SMOG!

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What is OZONE?
●A gaseous layer in the upper
atmosphere that protects the earth from
harmful ultraviolet radiation. At lower
levels, ozone becomes a major
pollutant.

What is SMOG?
● Pollution formed by the
interaction of pollutants and
sunlight (photochemical smog),
usually restricting visibility, and
occasionally hazardous to
health.
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The second layer of the
atmosphere is the…
● The stratosphere goes from STRATOSPHERE
16km to 50 km.
●The temperature goes up with

altitude.
●Most jets fly in this layer.

●The protective ozone is at the bottom of


the stratosphere (It protects us from the
ultraviolet radiation of the sun.)
Rivers of air, called Jet
●

Streams, can be found at the


base of this layer.

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The third layer of the atmosphere
is the…
MESOSPHERE
●The Mesosphere goes from
50km to 90km.
●In the mesosphere, the

temperature drops with altitude.


●The mesosphere is the coldest

layer of the atmosphere.


●Meteors burn up in this layer.

●Radio waves are reflected back

to earth in the mesosphere.

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The fourth layer of the
atmosphere is the…
THERMOSPHERE
●The thermosphere goes from 90km to 300km.
●In the thermosphere the temperature goes up with altitude.

●The thermosphere is the hottest layer of the atmosphere.

●Curtains of light called auroras occur in this layer.

●The Ionosphere is found in the thermosphere. This is the

component of the thermosphere that makes the auroras.

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The last layer of the atmosphere
is the…
EXOSPHERE
●The exosphere is the
outermost layer of the
atmosphere.
●The temperature in the

exosphere goes up with


altitude.
●Satellites orbit earth in

the exosphere.

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It is important to understand the different
characteristics of the earth’s atmosphere. As
we go through the following slides, blurt out
the correct layer in which each characteristic
can be found.

GOOD LUCK!

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EXOSPHERE

*
MESOSPHERE

*
THERMOSPHERE

*
TROPOSPHERE

*
STRATOSPHERE

*
THERMOSPHERE

OR THE IONOSPHERE
*
MESOSPHERE

*
Now that you are all
experts on the
atmosphere…it is time
to officially test your
knowledge.
EVERYONE PUT AWAY YOUR NOTES AND
WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS
*

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