Layers of Earth's Atmosphere

Most meteors burn up in this layer, creating shooting stars.

The region where clouds form and where all weather happens.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The outermost layer. It is extremely thin and does not have a specific outer limit.

Contains the ozone layer.

The hottest layer, because energy from the sun hits here first.

Atoms and molecules escape into space from this region.

It holds most of the atmosphere's mass.

The layer closest to the Earth's surface.

Contains a layer of charged atoms and molecules known as the ionosphere.

The coldest layer of the atmosphere.