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The document outlines the different layers of Earth's atmosphere, including their characteristics and temperature variations. It describes the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, and magnetosphere, highlighting features such as weather occurrence, ozone presence, and the behavior of radio waves. Additionally, it mentions phenomena like the Aurora Borealis and the impact of human activities on ozone depletion.

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The document outlines the different layers of Earth's atmosphere, including their characteristics and temperature variations. It describes the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, and magnetosphere, highlighting features such as weather occurrence, ozone presence, and the behavior of radio waves. Additionally, it mentions phenomena like the Aurora Borealis and the impact of human activities on ozone depletion.

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Blackbird Aurora

SR-70 Borealis 100-


26 km 250 km
Intl.
Space
Boeing Station 300
747 12 km
km
Flock of Geese
6-7 km

Ballo
on Weather near
5-7 the surface
km
Ozone
molecules
O-O-O 20-30
km
Unmanned
Spacecraft
3000 km

TROPOSPHERE
Temperature:
DECREASES, 6.5
Cirrus ºC per km
Clouds Characteristics:
16 km to about -60 ºC
1. Most weather
Cumul
onimb occurs here
us up where we live
2. Convection
to 16
km Currents

Radio STRATOSPHERE
Waves Temperature:
96-112 INCREASES, to
km about -20 ºC
Characteristics:
Meteors 1. Contains most

48-80 km of
atmosphere's
ozone
2. Where jets Temperature:
and INCREASES,
manned 2,000 ºC at top
balloons Characteristics:
have gone 1. Temps get up
MESOSPHE to 2000 oC 2. Air
RE molecules are 1
Temperatur km apart!
e: OZONOSPHERE
DECREASES Characteristics:
, -100 ºC at 1. Ozone is made

top of 3 oxygen
Characteris atoms
tics: 2. Protects the

1. Protects
surface from
Earth from Sun's UV rays
meteors 3. Humans are

2. Coldest
causing Ozone
region of depletion
atmospher IONOSPHERE
e Characteristics:
1. Lower part of
THERMOSP
HERE Thermosphere
2. Radio waves
bounce back to
Earth's
surface
EXOSPHERE
Characteris
tics:
1. Upper part

of
Thermosp
here
2. Artificial

Satellites
orbit here
MAGNETOSPHER
E
Characteristics:
1. Earth's

Magnetic Field
2. Causes Aurora

Borealis
(Northern
Lights)

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