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Troposphere, stratosphere,
mesosphere, thermosphere
2. What are the characteristics of
each layer?
Troposphere: weather happens here,
we live here, thinnest layer, lowest
layer.
Stratosphere: ozone layer and jet
stream are here.
Mesosphere: coldest layer, shooting
stars happen here.
Thermosphere: thickest, hottest layer.
Temperature
The average amount of energy of motion of each
molecule of a substance
In the thermosphere the molecules are spaced far
apart in the thin air, so there are not enough of them
to collide with a thermometer and warm it very much
In the thermosphere, an ordinary thermometer would
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