Temperature- One of the most important benefits the atmosphere provides is maintaining the Earth’s temperature. On the moon, which has no protective atmosphere, temperatures can range from 121 degrees Celsius in the sun (250 degrees Fahrenheit) to negative 157 degrees Celsius in the shade (negative 250 degrees Fahrenheit).
Radiation-The atmosphere serves as a protective shield against radiation and cosmic rays.
Physical Protection- The solar system may seem like a vast and empty place, but in reality it is full of debris and small particles leftover from planetary creation or collisions in the asteroid belt.
Weather and Water-The atmosphere also serves an important purpose as a medium for the movement of water. Vapor evaporates out of oceans, condenses as it cools and falls as rain, providing life-giving moisture to otherwise dry areas of the continents.
And the oxygen- within our atmosphere is essential for life.
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What is the importance of the atmosphere?
1. protects us from the harmful radiation of the Sun
2. helps to keep the planet's heat on the surface
3. plays a very important role in the water cycle.
4. The atmosphere contains the air that we breathe
5. The atmosphere is an important part of what makes Earth livable.