Question

comparing atmospheric layers
during an evening hike, you see a shooting star just like the one pictured here.
in which layer of the atmosphere does this shooting star occur?
○ troposphere
○ stratosphere
○ mesosphere
○ thermosphere

Explanation:

Shooting stars (meteors) burn up when they collide with gas molecules in the mesosphere, as this layer has enough atmospheric density to create the friction that produces the visible trail, while higher layers are too thin and lower layers do not typically see meteor burnup at this scale.

Answer:

mesosphere