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What is another name for the troposphere?
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The weather layer
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What is the amount of temerature drop in the troposphere per kilometer increase in altitude? What is another name for this temperature drop?
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6.4 C per kilometer; the lapse rate
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What is the name of the layer of the atmosphere that contains the jet stream?
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The stratosphere
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Which layer of the atmosphere contains the coldest temperature?
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The mesosphere
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Which layer of the atmosphere contains the hottest temperature?
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The thermosphere
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Name the four layers of the atmosphere classified by temperature.
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troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
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Name the three special layers of the atmosphere.
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ionosphere, ozone layer, and magnetosphere
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Which special layer of the atmosphere is important to radio operators?
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the ionosphere
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What traps the energetic particles in the Van Allen belts?
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the earth's magnetic field
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The "northern lights"
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Aurora borealis
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The "southern lights"
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Auroa australis
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