What is the range of altitudes for the top of the troposphere? Apparently I'm supposed to use this website to answer it, but I can't really figure out the answer.

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es1702/es1702page06.cfm?chapter_no=investigation

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What is the range of altitudes for the top of the troposphere? Apparently I'm supposed to use this website to answer it, but I can't really figure out the answer.

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es1702/es1702page06.cfm?chapter_no=investigation

anonymous · Answer

" decreasing temperature nearest Earth's surface is called the troposphere"  look at where the temperature pattern changes in the graphs

a1234 · Answer

About 12,500 to 20,000 m

anonymous · Answer

Alaska looks more like 10000 to me,(click on them to enlarge)

a1234 · Answer

Yes, that's about 10,000 to 22,000 m. I'll just list them individually

anonymous · Answer

Kansas looks closer to 18,000 then 22,000 to me.  But reading off little diagrams is guesswork.

a1234 · Answer

Thanks for helping!

anonymous · Answer

np