JOHN PHILIP CHAN

REPORTER

Atmosphere
Without the atmosphere, living
organisms would not be able to
live.

How do I live
without you?

Atmosphere
A thin layer of gas enveloping
the Earth.

Example:
Atmosphere

Earth

Example:

With Atmosphere

With No Atmosphere

No Protection

Example:
Atmosphere

Earth

Mass:

5.5
Quadrillion
Tons

5,500,000,000,000,000

Components:

Air

Water Vapor

Ozone

Dust Particles

Atmosphere

One major reason why life is possible on

Other planet have also atmosphere but different in
Earth.
composition.

Jupiter

Methane
Helium

Mercury
Venus

VERY,VERY
THIN
ATMOSPHERE

Composition of Air

N2 O2 Ar CO2 Ne
78.08 % 20.98 % 0.93 %

0.03 %

0.0018 %

He CH4 Kr H2
0.0005 % 0.0015 %0.0014 %
0.00005 %

Water Vapor
The source of all

Clouds

Precipitation

W
A
T
E
R
C
Y
C
L
E

The
transformation
of water from
one state to
another where
heat energy is
absorbed and
released during
its process

Dust Particles
provide the nuclei on which moisture
can collect to form fogs, clouds and
precipitation.

Prism Effect

optical phenomena of
having varied hues of red
and orange during to the
presence of the dust
particles.

Ozone Layer
Molecules that contains 3 atoms of
oxygen so it is also referred to as
Absorb damaging ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
triatomic
oxygen.

Aerosol
A liquid or solid that is finely
dispersed in air and is in a stable
Suspended variable in the atmosphere.
state.

Clouds

Smog

Why the sky is blue?

A
clear
cloudless
day-timesky
is
bluebecause molecules in the air
scatterbluelight from the sun more than
they scatter red light. When we look
towards the sun at sunset, we see red and
orange colors because thebluelight has
been scattered out and away from the line
of sight.

Functions of Atmosphere
Providing appropriate amount of
gases needed for photosynthesis
and respiration

Photosynthesis Respiration

Functions of Atmosphere
Moderator of temperature

Heat

Cold

Functions of Atmosphere
Protection against ultraviolet
radiation.

Accepts
Useful

Prohibits
Harmful

Functions of Atmosphere
Protection from meteor particles

Meteor

Functions of Atmosphere
Formation of clouds that brings

Weather

Climate

Functions of Atmosphere
Supplier of energy of motion that
produces ocean current.

cean-Atmosphere Relationship

Layers by
Temperature
and Pressure

Troposphere
Lowest region of the earths
atmosphere, where masses of air
are very well mixed together and
the temperature decreases with
altitude.

Tropopause
A thin layer forming the boundary
between the troposphere and
stratosphere.
TROPOPAUSE

Stratosphere
Temperature increases as the
altitude increase and where ozone
layer is located.

Mesosphere
Air masses are relatively mixed
together and the temperature
decreases with altitude.

Thermosphere
Layer of the atmosphere that is first
exposed to the suns radiation and
so is first heated by the sun.

Ionosphere
Region of the earths atmosphere
that is filled with charged particles.

Exosphere
The true upper limit of the earths
atmosphere.

Layers by
electrical properties
Neutral Atmosphere
Lies below 40 miles

Ionosphere
Region of the earths atmosphere that is filled with charged
particles.

Magnetosphere

Magnetic envelope shelters the earth from ionized blast of

the solar wind.

Regions of Ionosphere

D Region

Extends up to 55 miles (90 km) above the earths surface.

E Region

(Kennelly-Heaviside layer)
Moderately ionized layer extending from 55 to 100 miles (90
to It
160
km) long radio waves caused by solar x-rays and
reflects
consist mainly of nitrogen and oxygen atoms.

F Region

(Appleton Layer)

F1 Layer
Between 100 and 150 miles (160 and 240 km) above the
Earth, consist mainly of oxygen atoms and reflects short
F2 Layer
radio
waves
Made up mainly of nitrogen atoms, and reflects extremely
short radio waves.

Layers by
its composition
Homosphere
Turbulence causes a continuous mixing of the constituent
elements so composition is uniform.

Heterosphere
Has various constituents that tend to separate.