The Atmosphere Flashcards
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Troposphere?
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Troposphere: *0 to 12 km, contain 75% of gasses. *here living and weather occurs *height 👆,Temperature 👇 ➕Tropopause: located at top, the layer separates it from stratosphere. ☑️jet stream found here, Strong winds.
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Stratosphere?
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🔸12 to 50 km,
🔸constant temp -60•c
🔸contain Ozone layer.
🔸absorb UV rays cause ⬆️ temp
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MESOSPHERE:
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🔹50 to 80 km, temp ⬇️ -100•c
🔹coldest region
🔹layer that protect earth from meteroids by burning it down
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Thermosphere:
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▫️80km to up.
▫️it means heat sphere.
▫️temperature ⬆️ coz UV radiation, it reaches 2000•c
➕IONOSPHERE: Lower part, 80 to 550km,
🔻Gas particle absorb UV & X-Ray radiation
🔻helps in radio communi coz radio waves bounced off the ions back to earth.
➕EXOSPHERE: upper part of thermo
🔺550km ↗️1000 km
🔺thin air
🔺area where satellites orbit earth.
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EXOSPHERE?
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▪️upper part of thermospehere
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Atmosphere?
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- Divided into layers
- Gravity pushes layers of air down on earth’s surface(air pressure)
- 99% of atmosp’s mass in below 32km