Atmospheric layers

Cards (9)

  • Troposphere where the weather occurs
  • the temperature of the troposphere decreases with increase in altitude
  • Stratosphere: the temperature rises with the rise in altitude
  • stratosphere has ozone layer w/c absorbs the UV radiation of the sun
  • Stratosphere is free of all weather disterbances
  • Mesosphere: where most meteors burn upon entry
  • Thermosphere: has a thin air
  • Thermosphere: extremly hot temperature
  • mesosphere: coldest layer, darkest part of the atm