Atmosphere Layer Vocabulary

The layer closest to the Earth and contains MOST of the weather

• Stratosphere

• Ozone Layer

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Meteors that enter our solar system usually burn up here

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

The ozone layer is located at the top of this layer and most large planes fly here

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

• Stratosphere

• Skyosphere

The hottest layer in the atmosphere and filters out gamma rays and X-rays from the sun.

• Exosphere

• Thermosphere

• Altitude

• Stratosphere

The outermost layer of the atmosphere has almost NO matter, and satellites orbit the earth in this layer

• Exosphere

• Ionosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Made of a layer of charged particles. This layer absorbs the sun’s AM radio waves

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

• Ionosphere

• Altitude

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Height above sea level

• Ionosphere

• Barometer

• Altitude

• Air Pressure

water in the form of gas; water vapor is invisible to humans; helps with the condensation process

• Water Vapor

• Density

• Air Pressure

• Barometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.

• Air Pressure

• Compass

• Barometer

• Density

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

mass per unit volume

• Altitude

• Density

• Barometer

• Air Pressure