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Atmosphere & It's Layers
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- 1What does the Atmosphere consist of?Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), Argon (0.9%) Carbon Dioxide (0.03%) with very small percentages of other elements.
- 2Importance of the atmosphereGives Earth oxygen, weather, CO2, protects from space debris, circulates Earth's water, traps solar radiation
- 3TroposphereTop of Earth's atmosphere; Where weather occurs
- 4StratosphereContains jet stream and ozone layer
- 5MesosphereColdest part of atmosphere; Meteors burn up in this layer
- 6ThermosphereVery hot; Low air density; Layer with auroras
- 7ExosphereThinnest part of atmosphere; where molecules and atoms escape into space
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