{"id":522,"date":"2020-04-24T17:59:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T17:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=522"},"modified":"2021-08-29T00:55:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T00:55:53","slug":"the-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-atmosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"What is The Atmosphere and why is it important in The Earth System?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"522\" class=\"elementor elementor-522\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82c756e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82c756e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-535 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-earth-system\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is the earth system?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-541 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-earth-systems-thinking\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is earth systems thinking<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-537 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-biosphere\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What Is The Biosphere?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-538 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-atmosphere\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What Is The Atmosphere?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-539 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-geosphere\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is the Geosphere?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-540 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-hydrosphere\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What Is The Hydrosphere?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-536 jet-nav__item\"><a 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Atmosphere<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2f1059 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2f1059\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The atmosphere is the gaseous component above the surface of the earth. This sphere is also a fluid sphere (the other fluid sphere is hydrosphere). The atmosphere is made up of gases and tiny water particles. The gases surrounding the earth are kept in place by the force of gravity.<\/p><p>The atmosphere is a mixture of gases: Nitrogen (78%) and Oxygen (21%), make up the most. There is also Argon, Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols (particles such as dust, pollen, ash, smoke). These gases are super important to life on earth because plants and animals depend on them to live.<\/p><p>The atmosphere is sustained by energy from the sun. When the sun shines, heat is radiated to the earth\u2019s surface and reflected back into the atmosphere. The heat also warms the surface of the earth and causes evaporation, thereby sending moisture into the atmosphere. Thunderstorms, hurricanes, lightning and tornadoes are all processes of the atmosphere.<\/p><h3>Layers of the atmosphere<\/h3><p><em>Consider the illustration below:<\/em><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-572 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Layers-of-the-atmosphere-diagram.jpg\" alt=\"Layers of the atmosphere diagram\" width=\"500\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Layers-of-the-atmosphere-diagram.jpg 500w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Layers-of-the-atmosphere-diagram-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p><p>The atmosphere comes in layers. The troposphere is the layer closest to the surface. It extends about 10km above sea level. Humans and plants live in this layer. Airplanes and birds also fly in this layer. As the layers go higher, the air becomes thinner. The other layers include the stratosphere (50km above sea level), mesosphere (85km above sea level), thermosphere (above 500km above sea level) and exosphere.<br \/>Beyond the exosphere is space.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-101e07e\" data-id=\"101e07e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4675cde elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"4675cde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f2292f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f2292f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c68722\" data-id=\"7c68722\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5d9b5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b5d9b5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-earth-system\/the-biosphere\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">GO BACK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcf1b42\" data-id=\"dcf1b42\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d226f97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d226f97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-earth-system\/the-geosphere\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">NEXT PAGE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth System The Earth System What is earth systems thinking The Biosphere The Atmosphere The Geosphere The Hydrosphere Interaction The Atmosphere The atmosphere is the gaseous component above the surface of the earth. 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