Student Worksheet

Complete the data table.

Atmospheric Based on the background information, list important

Layer characteristics of each layer.
Troposphere 1. Weather occurs here.
2. This layer contains half of Earth’s atmosphere.
Stratosphere 1. Jet aircraft fly here because it is very stable.
2. The ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet rays.
3. There is a temperature inversion due to the ozone
layer.
Mesosphere 1. Meteors burn up in this layer.
2. The mesopause is the coldest part of the atmosphere.
Thermosphere 1. Aurora’s occur in this layer.
2. The temperature here is largely dependent on solar
activity.
Ionosphere 1. Solar radiation IONizes molecules in the upper
(lower part) atmosphere.
2. Important for signal propagation
Exosphere 1. Outermost layer of the atmosphere.
(upper part)
 Student Worksheet

Complete the data table.

- Aurora’s occur in this layer
- Jet aircraft fly here because it is very stable.
- Important for signal propagation.
- Outermost layer of the atmosphere.
- Weather occurs here.
- Meteors burn up in this layer.
- The temperature here is largely dependent on solar activity.
- This layer contains half of Earth’s atmosphere.
- The mesopause is the coldest part of the atmosphere.
- The ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet rays.
- Solar radiation IONizes molecules in the upper atmosphere.
- There is a temperature inversion due to the ozone layer.

Atmospheric Based on the background information, list important

Layer characteristics of each layer.
Troposphere

Stratosphere

Mesosphere

Thermosphere

Ionosphere
(lower part)

Exosphere
(upper part)