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which atmospheric layer gets warmer as altitude increases and contains the ozone layer?
mesosphere
stratosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
The stratosphere is the layer where temperature increases with altitude. This is because the ozone layer in the stratosphere absorbs ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. As altitude increases in the stratosphere, more UV radiation is absorbed by the ozone, leading to a temperature rise. The mesosphere has decreasing temperature with altitude. The thermosphere has complex temperature behavior but is not the layer with the ozone layer. The troposphere has decreasing temperature with altitude (on average).
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