1. Atmosphere Layers- CFA

 Layer we live in and breathe

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• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere
• Exosphere

Outermost layer

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• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere
• Exosphere
• Troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Thinnest layer due to size in altitude

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• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere
• Exosphere

High concentration of UV‐absorbing ozone

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• Stratosphere
• Troposphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere
• Exosphere

 Layer that contains the ionosphere layers

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• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere
• Exosphere
• Troposphere

Molecules here can escape into outer space
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• Exosphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere
• Troposphere

  Where almost all weather occurs

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• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere
• Exosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

 Where magnetic storms called auroras occur

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• Thermosphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Troposphere
• Exosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

 Meteors burn up

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• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere
• Thermosphere
• Exosphere

 Hottest Layer 100s of *

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• Thermosphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Troposphere
• Exosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6