Podcast Beta
Questions and Answers
Which gas makes up the largest percentage of dry air by mole fraction?
What is the average amount of water vapor in the atmosphere at sea level?
What is the approximate mass of the Earth's atmosphere?
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is the coldest place on Earth?
Signup and view all the answers
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere contains the ionosphere?
Signup and view all the answers
At what altitude does the thermopause, also known as the exobase, occur?
Signup and view all the answers
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is too high above Earth to be accessible to jet-powered aircraft and balloons, and too low to permit orbital spacecraft?
Signup and view all the answers
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is considered to be part of interplanetary space rather than part of the atmosphere?
Signup and view all the answers
What are the three major constituents of Earth's atmosphere?
Signup and view all the answers
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is located above the mesosphere?
Signup and view all the answers
What is the altitude range of the exosphere?
Signup and view all the answers
