Meteorology Study Guide

​ closest layer to Earth; weather occurs here.

farthest from Earth; satellites orbit there.

​ jets often fly near the bottom of this layer; ozone gas is in this layer.

​ layer above mesosphere; reflects radio waves back to Earth.

​ layer above the stratosphere; meteors burn up here.

low, thick clouds; fog

very high, very thin, feathery clouds

puffy and white; fair-weather clouds

water moving from the Earth into the atmosphere and back to Earth in a repeating pattern.

moving air