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Layers of the Atmosphere Activity

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For this layers of the atmosphere worksheet, students paste labels for each layer of the atmosphere on a diagram and they add pictures of objects that belong in each layer. They answer questions about the main layers, they determine their thickness and they compare each layer.

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atmospheric layers, the atmosphere

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7th - 9th
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