Layers of the atmosphere

Question 1

name all layers in order from closest to furthest from Earth.

Answer 1

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere.

Question 2

How far away is the troposphere from Earth?

Answer 2

10km

Question 3

What causes turbulence in the troposphere?

Answer 3

Warm air rises and cold air sinks, this causes the air movement.

Question 4

What layer do animals and people live in?

Answer 4

Troposphere

Question 5

What is the tropopause?

Answer 5

it is the boundary between troposphere and stratosphere

Question 6

What is the layer that is 10-50km above the earth

Answer 6

stratosphere

Question 7

In what layer do commercial aircraft fly in?

Answer 7

The stratosphere

Question 8

What is the stratopause?

Answer 8

Boundary between the stratosphere and the mesosphere.

Question 9

The stratosphere contains a band of gas called?

Answer 9

ozone (03)

Question 10

What does ozone do?

Answer 10

is absorbs harmful ultraviolent radiation from the sun.

Question 11

If the ozone layer was to break down what are three negative things that come from too much ultraviolent radiation?

Answer 11

1. Ultraviolent radiation is harmful to eyes, too much exposure can cause cataracts in the eyes, sunburn and skin cancer.
2. bring about changes in plants’ ability to photosynthesize
3. It also leads to changes in organisms life cycles and changes in the sizes of populations of some species.