GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Temperature increases as you gain altitude in the stratosphere and the thermosphere. Temperature decreases as you gain altitude in the troposphere and mesosphere.

Detailed explanation-2: -Temperatures increase with altitude because of increasing amounts of ozone. The ozone layer within the stratosphere absorbs harmful ultraviolet rays of sunlight. As the mesosphere extends upward above the stratosphere, temperatures decrease.

Detailed explanation-3: -As such, incoming high energy ultraviolet and x-ray radiation from the sun begins to be absorbed by the molecules in this layer and causes a large temperature increase. Because of this absorption, the temperature increases with height.

Detailed explanation-4: -The stratosphere is the layer in the atmosphere above the troposphere.

Detailed explanation-5: -As you increase in elevation, there is less air above you thus the pressure decreases. As the pressure decreases, air molecules spread out further (i.e. air expands), and the temperature decreases.