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1.
The
d iagram
b elow
r epresents
t he
d ifferent
l ayers
o f
E arth’s
A tmosphere.
a. First,
l abel
e ach
l ayer
w ith
t he
a ppropriate
n ame
( you’ll
n eed
t o
w rite
s mall
t o
f it
t he
n ame
i nside
o f
t he
layer).
b. The
b ox
t o
t he
r ight
g ives
y ou
s pecific
i nformation
a bout
e ach
l ayer
o f
t he
a tmosphere.
U se
t his
information
t o
h elp
y ou
c olor
t he
l ayers
a ccording
t o
w hat
t he
i nformation
g ives
y ou.
1.
This
l ayer
c ontains
t he
o zone
layer.
C olor
t his
l ayer
o range.
2. This
l ayer
i s
w here
w e
c an
f ind
the
n orthern
l ights
( or
t he
a urora
borealis).
C olor
t his
l ayer
g reen.
3. This
l ayer
i s
w here
a ll
w eather
occurs.
C olor
t his
l ayer
r ed.
4. This
l ayer
i s
t he
o uter
m ost
l ayer
of
t he
T hermosphere
a nd
i t
i s
a lso
where
s atellites
o rbit.
C olor
t his
layer
b lue.
5. This
h igher
y ou
g o
i n
t his
l ayer,
o
the
t emperature
r eaches
-‐ 9 0
C.
This
i s
a lso
w here
m ost
m eteors
burn
u p.
C olor
t his
l ayer
y ellow.
2. A
m nemonic
i s
a
t ool
u sed
f or
h elping
o ur
m emory.
F or
e xample,
a
m nemonic
f or
r emembering
t he
o rder
o f
t he
planets
w ould
b e:
My
Mercury
Very
Venus
Atmospheric
L ayers
M nemonic
(
Example):
Excellent
Earth
Mother
Mars
Troposphere
The
Tom
Just
Jupiter
Served
Saturn
Stratosphere
Silly
Sells
Us
Uranus
Mesosphere
Monkey
Milk
Nachos
Neptune
Thermosphere
Talks
In
OR
a. Use
t he
b ox
t o
t he
r ight
t o
c ome
u p
w ith
y our
(Ionosphere)
Erie
own
m nemonic
t o
h elp
y ou
r emember
t he
o rder
&
of
t he
a tmospheric
l ayers.
(Exosphere)