Question

HELP! I will fan and give a medal!
The temperature of the mesosphere decreases with altitude because it is:


heated from below by sunlight
heated from above by the sun
heated from below by the ozone layer
cooled from above by the thermosphere
a, b, c, or d? please help! thanks!

Answer 1

heated from above by the sun isnt it ?

Answer 2

i would think so, but isn't the mesosphere pretty far from the sun?

Answer 3

not really

Answer 4

sunlight is an electromagnetic wave it carries energy and can heat up molecules

Answer 5

oh, ok. :) thanks. I will tell u if it is correct in a sec, once i get my homework back. :P

Answer 6

the sunlight is catured inside the ozone and reflected around with our oxigen...that heats up and it gives us heat....the less oxygen the colder cause the sun cant heat it...

Answer 7

is space cold?

Answer 8

the answer was B. :( thanks any way! :)

Answer 9

so mine is right :)

Answer 10

lol..not to flvs standereds...lol...thats the basic idea of what they tought us...

Answer 11

but whatever

Answer 12

oh, oops sorry, the answer was wrong, i have a computer school program that didnt show the answer the first time. just what i said, the answer was C.

Answer 13

but sunlight also plays a key role

Answer 14

check this :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesosphere

Answer 15

idk, ask SOS.

Answer 16

Within the mesosphere, temperature decreases with increasing altitude. This is due to decreasing solar heating and increasing cooling by CO2 radiative emission. The top of the mesosphere, called the mesopause, is the coldest part of Earth's atmosphere.[2] Temperatures in the upper mesosphere fall as low as −100 °C (173 K; −148 °F),[3] varying according to latitude and season.

Answer 17

(my school program is SOS)

Answer 18

Within the mesosphere, temperature decreases with increasing altitude. This is due to decreasing solar heating and increasing cooling by CO2 radiative emission exactly what i said

Answer 19

??

Answer 20

So, watz the answer...?

Answer 21

sky is blue :)

Answer 22

so OS too blue?

Answer 23

The pattern reverses yet again in the mesosphere, where a lack of ozone causes temperature to start decreasing with height. The lowest portion of the low-pressure mesosphere is heated by the warm air of the upper stratosphere. This heat radiates upward, getting less intense as altitude increases. Over the course of about 25 miles, the mesospheric temperature decreases from 0 degrees C. to 90 degrees below.

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