Asked by Bob

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 thermosphere

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the mesosphere

Most meteors burn up from friction with the air in the mesosphere (about 50–85 km up), protecting Earth's surface from many incoming rocks.