Earth's Atmosphere

This is a thin layer of gasses surrounding Earth, made up of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapor and other gases.  

• atmosphere
• stratosphere
• mesophere
• ionosphere

water in it's gaseous form, invisible

• ozone
• ionosphere
• water vapor
• thermosphere

forms when lightning interacts with the oxygen in the air and creates a molecule of three oxygen atoms.

• water vapor
• troposphere
• exosphere
• ozone

Lower layer of the thermosphere, contains charged particles that allow radio waves to bounce off and auroras to occur.

• ionosphere
• exosphere
• mesosphere
• troposphere

This layer protects the Earth's surface from being hit by meteors.

• mesophere
• troposphere
• ionosphere
• stratosphere

This layer is closet to the earth's surface and is where the earth's weather takes place.

• mesophere
• troposphere
• thermosphere
• exosphere

This is the outer layer of the thermosphere.

• ionosphere
• stratosphere
• exosphere
• atmosphere

This is the is the distance above sea level.

• altitude
• air pressure
• air density

This layer protects the Earth from ultraviolet rays that can kill plants and animals, and cause skin cancer in humans

• troposphere
• mesophere
• ionosphere
• stratosphere

In this layer, meteors burn up before hitting the Earth's surface due to friction.

• troposphere
• stratosphere
• mesophere
• thermosphere