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Atmosphere“Vapor Ball”
Layers of the Atmosphere
Troposphere “Changing Ball”
Weather occurs (water cycle)
Clouds are formed (water vapor and dust)
Storms
Friction of air and surface of Earth
Convection (maintains earths temperature so life can survive)
75% of atmosphere
Layers of the Atmosphere
Stratosphere “Layer Ball”
Weather balloons
Commercial Jets fly at bottom of layer
Special lightning called “blue jets”
Ozone protects planet (absorbs heat from sun)
No wind, No clouds, No water vapor
Layers of the Atmosphere
Mesosphere “Middle Ball”
Meteors
Special lightning called sprites
We know very little: no jets, no balloons, no satellites