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Compare and contrast troposphere and thermosphere

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thermosphere: The layer of the Earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and directly below the exosphere.

troposphere: The lower levels of the atmosphere extending from the earth's surface up to the tropopause. It is characterized by convective air movements and a large vertical temperature change.

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The Earth's atmosphere is typically split into five layers, from bottom to top: the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. The atmosphere is held in place by gravity, which decreases exponentially with distance from the Earth's center, hence air pressure also decreases exponentially from the surface to the top of the exosphere where the last and lightest molecules escape into the interstellar medium.

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The stratosphere starts just above the troposphere and extends to 50 kilometers (31 miles) high. The ozone layer, which absorbs and scatters the solar ultraviolet radiation, is in this layer. The thermosphere starts just above the mesosphere and extends to 600 kilometers (372 miles) high

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