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SCIPAD - BIG IDEAS - BOOK 2
FUELS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
A Closer Look at the Atmosphere
The Earth’s atmosphere consists of a mixture of gases, held in place by the gravitational pull of the
Earth. Without it, we would be burned by the intense heat of the sun during the day or frozen by
the very low temperatures at night.
1. Cut out the labels and glue them in the correct positions on the diagram below. Place the
names for each layer (the grey boxes) on the right-hand side of the diagram. Place the
objects found within those layers (white boxes) in the middle of the diagram.
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Height (km)
Ozone Layer
(Lower stratosphere)
Weather Balloons
(Upper stratosphere)
Meteors (shooting stars)
(Mesosphere)
Jumbo Jet
(Cruising altitude around 12 km)
Auroras
(Thermosphere)
Troposphere
0-20 km above
Earth’s Surface
Stratosphere
20-50 km above
Earth’s Surface
Thermosphere
90-700 km above
Earth’s Surface
International Space Station
(Orbits 400 km above Earth’s Surface)
Exosphere
>700 km above
Earth’s Surface
Mesosphere
50-90 km above
Earth’s Surface
Layers of Earth’s Atmosphere
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