Name: Troposphere
Temperature: normal to 0 degrees temperature
air pressure: decreases with increasing altitude
composition: clouds and weather, Oxygen and Nitrogen
altitude:10-15km thick above the Earth’s surface
special attribute: lowest layer
Name: Stratosphere
Temperature: 0 degrees Celsius
air pressure: decreases with increasing altitude
composition: Ozone layer
altitude: 11 – 48 km above the Earth’s surface
special attribute: Ozone layer is found which absorbs UV rays from the Sun, second layer
Name: Mesosphere
Temperature: -90 degrees Celsius
air pressure: decreases with increasing altitude
composition:atmosphere is rarefied and thick enough to delay the fall of the meteors
altitude: 50-60km Earth’s surface
special attribute: very thin layered
Name: Thermosphere
Temperature: Thousand degrees Celsius
air pressure: decreases with increasing altitude
composition: gases are stratified
altitude: 60-80km above the Earth’s surface
special attribute: Auroras and satellites occurs in this layer
Name: Ionosphere
Temperature: negative Thousand degrees Celsius
air pressure: decreases with increasing altitude
composition: abundant layers of electrons and ionized atoms and molecules
altitude:80-465km above the Earth’s surface
special attribute: makes radio communication possible