Meteors burn and appear as shooting stars in the______ (thermosphere/mesosphere).

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Mesosphere - The layer above the stratosphere at a distance between 50 to 80km above the earth’s surface.
Thermosphere - The layer above the mesosphere at a distance between 80 to 320 km above the earth’s surface.
The mesosphere is extremely cold and burns most meteors, preventing them from reaching the earth's surface.
The majority of meteors burn up in the atmosphere's mesosphere layer.
Meteors burn and appear as shooting stars in the mesosphere the mesosphere

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