The atmosphere

The gist of this topic is THE ATMOSPHERE.

What is the atmosphere?

The atmosphere is the air which surrounds the Earth.

To get to know more about the atmosphere, we will visit this webpage:

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/weather-and-climate/earths-atmosphere.htm

How many types of gases are there in the atmosphere?

THE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE

It is the lowest layer. Plants and animals live here.

It is the next layer.

It is a thin layer of ozone in the upper stratosphere.

There is no atmosphere in this layer.

WEATHER PHENOMENA

It is water, such as rain, snow or hail, which falls from the atmosphere to the Earth.

It is the movement of air, and has different names depending on how strongly it blows.

To remember we are going to make this activity: