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Atmosphere
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The blanket of gas on the surface of a planet or satellite
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Troposphere
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the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere and site of all weather on Earth
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Stratosphere
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a layer of Earth's atmosphere. It is the second layer of the atmosphere as you go upward. The troposphere, the lowest layer,
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Mesosphere
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The mesosphere is directly above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere.
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Thermosphere
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The thermosphere is the layer of the Earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and directly below the exosphere
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Tropopause
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The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere
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Stratopause
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The stratopause caps the top of the stratosphere, separating it from the mesosphere
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Mesopause
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The mesopause is the temperature minimum at the boundary between the mesosphere
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Altitude
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the height of anything above a given planetary reference plane, especially above sea level
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Air Pressure
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the pressure exerted by the weight of air in the atmosphere of Earth
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