Heating from _________ causes the top of the Earth's stratosphere to be warmer than the bottom.
A) higher-energy particles in the solar wind
B) convection
C) the ozone layer absorbing UV light
D) charged particles trapped by magnetic fields
E) the greenhouse effect

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The ozone layer absorbs UV light from the sun, which heats up the top of the Earth's stratosphere. This is why the temperature in the stratosphere increases with increasing altitude, unlike the troposphere where the temperature decreases with increasing altitude.

Heating from _________ Causes the Top of the Earth's Stratosphere