Layers of Atmosphere

Question 1

Troposphere

Answer 1

First layer, weather occurs here, most atmospheric gases, and temperature decrease rapidly with height.

Question 2

Tropopause

Answer 2

The space between the troposphere and stratosphere where temperature pauses.

Question 3

Stratosphere

Answer 3

Second layer, ozone layer (03), which protects us from dangerous radiation, and temperature increases with altitude.

Question 4

Stratopause

Answer 4

The space between the stratosphere and the mesosphere where temperature pauses.

Question 5

Mesosphere

Answer 5

Third layer, protects us from meteors, temperature decreases with altitude.

Question 6

Mesopause

Answer 6

The area between the mesosphere and the thermosphere where temperature change pauses.

Question 7

Thermosphere

Answer 7

Fourth layer, space stations,northern/southern lights, temperature increases with height, and contains the ionosphere which is a layer electrically charged particles.

Question 8

Exosphere

Answer 8

Transition into space, satellites, very cold- gas molecules are very far apart so they don’t transfer energy or heat, each molecule is very hot- hard to determine if the temperature is increasing or decreasing.