ATMOSPHERIC PROPERTIES
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1. What is the altitude of the tropopause in kilometers? in miles?

2. What is the temperature in degrees C at the tropospause?

3. As altitude increases, what happens to air pressure?

4. As altitude increases, what happens to the amount of water vapor?

5. In which layer of the atmopshere is there the most water vapor?

6. What is the temperature at the mesopause?

7. As altitude incraeases from sea level to the mesopause, what happens to the air temperature?

8. Which layer of the atmosphere ranges from 50 km to 80 km?

9. How much water vapor is found at 50 miles above sea level?

10. At 50 km above sea level. what is the air pressure?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ANSWERS
1. 12 km,  7 mi
2.-55 C
3. Decreases
4. Decreases
5.Troposphere
6. -90 c
7. Decreases, then increases, then decreases again
8. mesosphere
9. none
10. between 10 ¯3 and 10  ¯2