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Altitude range: 0-12 km, Temperature trends: decreases with altitude, Notable features: contains most of the Earth's weather; the higher the altitude, the colder it gets due to the lapse rate.

Altitude range: 50-85 km, Temperature trends: decreases with altitude, Notable features: meteors burn up in this layer; it is the coldest layer of Earth's atmosphere.

Altitude range: 85-600 km, Temperature trends: increases with altitude, Notable features: the air is thin, and temperatures can get extremely high; the International Space Station orbits in this layer.

Altitude range: 12-50 km, Temperature trends: increases with altitude, Notable features: contains the ozone layer which absorbs and scatters the solar ultraviolet radiation.