Question
Scientists were monitoring a meteor headed toward Earth. It moved off course, but some pieces of rock entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Which atmospheric layer protected the Earth against the danger of the rocks?
the troposphere
the stratosphere
the mesosphere
the thermosphereScientists were monitoring a meteor headed toward Earth. It moved off course, but some pieces of rock entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Which atmospheric layer protected the Earth against the danger of the rocks?
the troposphere
the stratosphere
the mesosphere
the thermosphere
the troposphere
the stratosphere
the mesosphere
the thermosphereScientists were monitoring a meteor headed toward Earth. It moved off course, but some pieces of rock entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Which atmospheric layer protected the Earth against the danger of the rocks?
the troposphere
the stratosphere
the mesosphere
the thermosphere
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The atmospheric layer that primarily protects the Earth against meteoroids and pieces of rock entering the atmosphere is the **mesosphere**. This layer is where most meteoroids burn up upon entering the atmosphere due to the friction from air, creating what we see as shooting stars or meteors.