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The thermosphere is the final layer of the atmosphere. Because it is so close to the sun, and there is nothing to protect it from the sun's heat, it is very warm.

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Why is there little heat retained in the warm thermosphere?

The thermosphere is the final layer of the atmosphere. Because it is so close to the sun, and there is nothing to protect it from the sun's heat, it is very warm.


Why is little heat retained in the warm thermosphere?

There are no other layers between in and the sun therefore making it extremely warm.


What is the temperature of thermosphere?

The thermosphere can reach temperatures from 500 to 2000 degrees C or higher. But there is so little matter that the total heat content is extremely low.


Is heat and light retained in colorless liquids?

Some heat, no light (light is not "retained" in any matter).


What if the thermosphere disappeared?

If the thermosphere was gone, there would be major heat waves and we would have a lack of oxygen. In other words: we would die.


What is the chemical composition of the thermosphere?

little Nitrogen and oxygen


Why does the thermosphere have the highest temperature of all the atmosphere layers?

It is affected most directly by the suns radiation


Why does the thermosphere have not much heat?

Because the particles in the thermosphere are very spaced out. A normal thermometer would even measure it below zero, but it has a very high temperature.


Why is it necessary to use special instruments to measure the temperature of the atmosphere in the thermosphere layer?

The thermosphere is the last layer of the atmosphere. Special instruments are needed to measure its temperature because there are very few particles in the thermosphere that would strike a conventional thermometer to heat it.


The natural situation in which heat is retained by the atmosphere is the?

the greenhouse effect


What is the thermospheres located?

the ionosphere is located in the Thermosphere. The ionosphere is made out of super charged particles that make heat.


Which atmospheric level is farthest from the lithosphere?

The thermosphere is.