VSA : What is the temperature of the atmosphere layer at a height of 50 km?

Question

1. What is the temperature of the atmosphere layer at a height of 50 km?
2. The coldest temperature of the atmosphere is at which region of the atmosphere?
3. In the atmosphere, where ozone layer present?
4. Which gas is not a greenhouse gas?
5. Does manmade gas destroy the ozone layer?

Answer

1. The temperature attains a maximum of -2^oC (271 K).
2. The coldest region of the Earth’s atmosphere is the mesosphere.
3. The ozone layer is present in the Earth’s stratosphere.
4. Nitrogen (N₂)
5. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)