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1. altitude 4. greenhouse
effect
height and/or distance above sea level. 5. Mesosphere a layer of Earth's atmosphere; extends from 50
km to 80 km; meteors generally burn up in this
2. atmosphere
layer.
6. ozone layer
The outer layer of the Earth's atmosphere that a layer of atmosphere that extends from 12 km
extends outward into space from 155 km; to 50 km up; location of ozone layer; absorbs
contains very thin air that holds satellites in our 95% of Ultraviolet radiation; temperature
orbit. increases with altitude increase.
8. Thermosphere
a layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature increases as altitude increases (means it gets hotter and you go
higher). Also, contains radioactive ions that make the aurora borealis.
9. Troposphere
0-12 km above Earth's surface, site of weather, organisms, contains most atmospheric water vapor.