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Review 1.3 - Layers of the Atmosphere

Understanding Main Ideas The graph below shows altitudes and temperatures for the four main layers of the atmosphere. Carefully draw the graph and label the four layers in your notebook, and then write and complete the statements that follow in your notebook also.

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5. The temperature in the atmosphere approaches -90C at an altitude o a!out """""""""""""""""""""""" . #. The hi$hest temperatures in the atmosphere occur in the """""""""""""""""""""""" . 5. Temperatures $enerall% rise as altitude increases in the """""""""""""""""""""""" and """""""""""""""""""""""" la%ers o the atmosphere. 8. As %ou mo&e up throu$h the mesosphere' the temperature """""""""""""""""""""" . Building o!a"ulary If the statement is true, write the statement as is in your notebook. If it is false, write the statement in your notebook, but change the underlined word or words to make the statement true. ____________ 9. The la%er o the atmosphere (here (eather occurs is the thermosphere. ____________ 10. The mesosphere is the la%er o the atmosphere that contains o)one. ____________ 11. The e*osphere is the outer la%er o the thermosphere. ____________ 12. +ost meteoroids !urn up in the stratosphere. ____________ 13. The troposphere is di&ided into the ionosphere and the e*osphere. ____________ 14. The ionosphere lies !et(een the mesosphere and e*osphere.