Please use your notebook for this assignment.
Please put the layers of the atmosphere in order, include 1 = Outer space and 7 = Earth's Surface
1 = Outer space (top)
Exosphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
7 = Earth's Surface (bottom)
Troposphere
Thermosphere
The atmosphere is composed of mainly
Which gas makes up 21% of the atmosphere
Atmospheric Pressure is all the air particles above you pushing down on you.
The number of particles in our atmosphere __________ with an increase in altitude.
What is the density (spacing) of the particles in the atomsphere
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What is the basis for dividing the 4 layers?
As altitude increases, how does the temperature change in each layer?
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Thermosphere | ||
Mesosphere | ||
Stratosphere | ||
Troposphere |
Why is the temperature in Stratosphere going up?
Answer in a complete sentence
Why is the temperature in Thermosphere going up?
Need 2 concepts - heat and particles
Answer in a complete sentence
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Use the information about DISTANCE above
Which layer is the example found in?
Troposphere | Stratosphere | Mesosphere | Thermosphere | |
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Blackbird SR-70 plane flies at 26 km | ||||
bird that flies the highest is at 10 km | ||||
International Space Station at 300 km | ||||
Meteors burn up at 51-80km | ||||
Ozone molecules between 20-30 km |
Bonus Question page 109
What are Tropopause, Stratopause, and Mesopause and why is "pause" the last part of the names?
