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4 Layers of the Atmosphere
4 Layers of the Atmospere ....pheres....
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7th Grade
10/11/2012

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Troposphere
Definition
The troposphere the lowest layer also the most dense layer
Term
Temperature ________ in the troposphere as altitude changes
Definition
Decreases
Term
The temperature at the top of the layer/troposphere is ________
Definition
60 degrees Celcius
Term
The mesosphere protects us from_________
Definition
Meteors
Term
This layer/mesosphere is as cold as _________
Definition
-90 degrees Celcius
Term
The Thermosphere is the layer where ________ or__________ occur
Definition
Northern Light or Auroras
Term
Air properties
Definition

Temperature, moisture, and altitude combine to affect_________

AIR PRESSURE

Term
What means middle?
Definition
"MESO"
Term
What means spread out or layered
Definition
STRATO
Term

Thermosphere

A __________would orbit our Earth in this layer

Definition
Sattalite
Term
What is the Stratosphere
Definition
the second lowest layer
Term
The means heat, so hot(1800 degrees Celcius) because this layer gets hit by the ________first
Definition
Sun
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