Earth's Atmosphere Thin Gaseous envelope

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Earth's Atmosphere Thin Gaseous envelope Figure 1.2 The atmosphere is a thin layer of air that protects the Earth’s surface from extreme temperatures and harmful sun rays

Atmospheric Gases (Mixture of gases, solids, and liquids) Nitrogen : 78% Oxygen : 21% Water Vapor : 0 to 4% Used for clouds and precipitation Carbon Dioxide : 0.037% Keeps Earth warm and is used by plants to make food Argon : .93% Traces of neon, helium, methane, krypton, xenon, hydrogen, and ozone

Atmosphere

Layers of the Atmosphere The four layers of the atmosphere include: the troposphere, where we live; the stratosphere, which contains the ozone layer; the mesosphere, where meteors burn; and the thermosphere, where satellites orbit Earth.

Temperature in atmospheric layers The troposphere is warmed primarily by the Earth’s surface; temperature decreases as altitude increases in this layer. Temperatures increase as altitude increases in the stratosphere, particularly in the upper portion – ozone Temperatures decrease with altitude in the mesosphere Thermosphere and exosphere are the first to receive Sun’s rays, so they are very hot

Lower Layers of Atmosphere Troposphere: lowest layer – extends up to 10km; contains 99% of the water vapor and 75% of the atmospheric gases The troposphere is the first layer above the surface and contains most clouds and half of the Earth's atmosphere. Weather occurs in this layer. Most of the layer’s heat is from Earth Temperature cools about 6.5 degrees Celsius per kilometer of altitude.

Lower Layers of Atmosphere Stratosphere – directly above troposphere, extending from 10 km to about 50 km above Earth’s surface Portion of the upper layer contains high levels of a gas called ozone Many jet aircrafts fly in the stratosphere because it is very stable. Also, the ozone layer absorbs harmful rays from the Sun.

Upper Layers of Atmosphere Mesosphere – extends from the top of the stratosphere to about 85 km above Earth Coldest layer with little ozone Meteors or rock fragments burn up in the mesosphere. Ionosphere here – layer of charged particles

meteors burn

Upper Layers of Atmosphere Thermosphere – thickest atmospheric layer found between 85 km and 500 km above Earth’s surface The thermosphere is a layer with auroras, known for its high temperatures. Warms as it filters out X-rays and gamma rays from the Sun Ionosphere here, too – help carry radio waves.

Upper Layers of Atmosphere Exosphere - The atmosphere merges into space in the extremely thin exosphere. This is the upper limit of our atmosphere. Outer layer where space shuttle orbits.

Layers of Atmosphere