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Why does the thermosphere have the highest temperature of all the atmosphere layers?

Why does the thermosphere have the highest temperature of all the atmosphere layers?
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Why does the thermosphere have the highest temperature of all the atmosphere layers?

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Its because the atoms in that layer have the highest amounts of energy due to the interaction with solar radiation. It has the highest temperature, but don't confuse that with heat. The temperature is high, but since it is so thin there is little heat.
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the suns radiation strikes it first

Step-by-step explanation:

~apex

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