COMPOSITION OF EARTH’S

ATMOSPHERE
Abellanosa, Kristine A.
TEMPERATURE AND ATMOSPHERE
REGION
TEMPERATURE AND ATMOSPHERE
REGION
5 different layers of
Earth’s Atmosphere
TROPOSPHERE
 Nearest to Earth
 It goes from 0km to 16 km
 Air cools at an average rate of
6.5 C/km (3.5 F/1000 ft)
 All weather happens in
troposphere
 The temperature drops the
altitude increases
 Harmful ozone is found in this
layer.
STRATOSPHRE
 It goes from 16km to 50 km
 Temperature goes up with
altitude
 The ozone layer which absorbs
and scatters the solar ultraviolet
radiation in this layer
 Ideal to fly for large jet plane
MESOSPHERE
 The coldest layer of the
atmosphere
 Meteors burn up in this layer
 Radio waves are reflected
back to earth in the
mesosphere
 The temperature decreases to
about -90 C
 The highest point of
mesosphere is called
mesopause
THERMOSPHERE
 Hottest layer of the atmosphere
 Curtains of light called auroras
occur in this layer
 The ionosphere is found in the
thermosphere.
 The temperature increases to
about 0 C at 110 km to about
1000 C at 150 km and a peak of
about 1780 C at 700 km
EXOSPHERE
 The outer most layer of the
atmosphere
 Temperature in exosphere goes
up with altitude
 Satellites orbit earth in
exosphere
Summary
 Troposphere is hotter near the Earth’s surface
because heat from the Earth warms the air and as
the altitude increases, the air temperature
decreases.
 Stratosphere has a layer of ozone this layer absorbs
most of ultraviolet radiation from the sun this will
result the stratosphere being warmer and as the
altitude increases, the air temperature increases.
 Mesosphere has a decrease in temperature with
altitude because of the decreases in the density of
air molecules and as the altitude increases the air
temperature decreases
 Thermosphere is warmed by absorption of solar X-
rays by nitrogen and oxygen molecules and as the
altitude increases, the air temperature increases.
 Exosphere is extremely cold simply due to the fact
that it’s mostly made up of a vacuum.