SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -The Earth’s atmosphere is an extremely thin sheet of air extending from the surface of the Earth to the edge of space. The Earth is a sphere with a roughly 8000 mile diameter; the thickness of the atmosphere is about 60 miles.

Detailed explanation-2: -While we think of the atmosphere as a vast ocean of air around us, it is very thin relative to the size of the Earth. Compared with the radius of the Earth (6, 370 km or 3, 949 miles), the depth of the atmosphere is quite shallow.

Detailed explanation-3: -On Earth, water can reside on the surface, lessening the amount in the atmosphere. Carbon sinks: Liquid water and plate tectonics allow Earth to absorb considerable amounts of gas, allowing the atmosphere to be thinned of certain compounds like carbon dioxide.

Detailed explanation-4: -Troposphere. The lowest and thinnest layer of the atmosphere is called the troposphere.

Detailed explanation-5: -No, the atmosphere is not becoming thicker. Historical atmospheric pressure is hard to determine, but billions of years ago, it might have been much thicker than it is now, in particular with a lot more greenhouse gases.

Detailed explanation-6: -Earth’s crust varies in thickness from 35 to 70 kilometers (22 to 44 miles) in the continents and 5 to 10 kilometers (3 to 6 miles) in the ocean basins.