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| The solid iron, center of the earth (1300 km) |
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| The liquid outer part of the center, made of iron and nickle (2250 km) |
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| The thickest layer of earth, liquid-ish (2900 km) |
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| Made of the lithosphere and asthenosphere. Outer most Layer (rocks, 32km) |
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| The lowest layer in earths atmosphere. Where plans fly. (tropo means change.) |
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| 2nd lowest layer in earth's atmosphere. Contains the ozone layer. (strato means layer, sheet) |
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| Ozone is a gas that occurs naturally in our atmosphere. (made of 3 oxygens, protects earth from the suns harmful says) |
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| #rd later in earths atmosphere. (meso means middle) |
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| the thickest layer, and includes most of what we call "space". The Space Shuttle orbits in the thermosphere. Temperatures in this layer can be over 4000°F during the daytime. "Thermo" is Greek for "heat." |
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| the outermost layer. Exo is Greek for "outside." There's no specific line where the exosphere ends-- at about 600 miles up, we just consider it "outer space." |
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| A coastal breeze at night blowing from land to sea, caused by the difference in the rates of cooling of their respective surfaces. |
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| A coastal local wind that blows from the ocean onto the land and often begins during some time during the day at many coastal locations. |
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