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The Exosphere is the highest atmospheric layer.
This is where most satellites orbit the Earth.
The is no definite barrier between the Exopshere and outer space.
The Thermosphere is the second highest atmospheric layer.
The Thermosphere is where the International Space Station orbits.
The Thermosphere is the hottest of the atomospheric layers, getting up to 3632 degrees F.
This layer is where auroras originate.
The Thermosphere ranges from 53 miles to 375 miles above the Earth's surface.
The Mesosphere is the middlemost atmospheric layer.
The majority of meteors get incinerated in this layer.
Overall, the Mesosphere is the coldest of all the atomspheric layers.
The higher you get in the Mesosphere, the colder it becomes.
The Mesosphere ranges from 31 miles to 53 miles above the Earth's surface.
The Stratosphere is the second lowest atmospheric layer.
The Stratosphere is where the ozone layer is located.
Because of the ozone layer, the higher you go in the Stratosphere, the hotter it becomes.
There is less air moevement in this layer compared to the Troposphere.
Commerial Fights cruise in the Stratosphere.
The Stratosphere ranges from 12 miles to 31 miles above the Earth's surface.
The Troposphere is the atmospheric layer closest to the Earth's surface.
The Troposphere is the most dense atomspheric layer.
This layer contains water vapor and all the elements and compounds needed for animals to breathe and plants to photosynthesize.
This layer is where weather occurs.
There are natural differences in temperature from interactions with the Earth's surface that cause motion of the air.
Generally, the temperature decreases the higher up in the Troposphere you go.
The Troposphere ranges from the Earth's surface to about 59,000 ft or 11 miles.
This is where we are!