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1. Which layer of gas molecules in the atmosphere is bombarded with rays from the sun?

stratosphere
ionosphere
troposphere
mesosphere


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Ionosphere

The thermosphere. It has this name because gas molecules in one layer of the thermosphere are bombarded with rays from the sun. These rays cause the gas molecules to lose electrons and they become ions. Because of these ions it is called the ionosphere.
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