Year 10 Earth and Space Science – Layers of the earth’s atmosphere

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Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere

Exosphere layer
layer layer layer layer

Meteors or
This layer This layer
The ozone layer shooting stars Many satellites
extends from 0 to extends from 90
is located here burn up at this orbit at this layer
16km to 300km
layer

This is the
Shimmering
All weather Jets cruise near hardest layer to It is sometimes
curtains of light
happens at this the bottom of the study since considered part
called auroras,
layer layer planes cannot fly of outer space
happen here
high enough

This layer This layer

Weather balloons This is the This is the hottest
contains 99% of extends from
are flown to this coldest layer of layer of the
the earth’s water 300 to more than
layer the atmosphere atmosphere
vapour 600km

Air pressure is This layer This layer The space shuttle Air pressure is
highest at this extends from 16 extends from 50 orbits at this lowest at this
layer to 50km to 90km layer layer