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Greenhouse gases aren't trapping heat it but letting more in. The Earth's atmosphere blocks out most of the suns heat and harmful rays. With the gases polluting the world, the atmosphere is slowly weakening, letting more and more heat through.
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How do greenhouse gases affect the earths atmosphere?
They slow the loss of heat
What substance traps heat from the earths in the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases
Trapping of heat in the earths atmosphere by certain gases is known as the?
greenhouse effect
The process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere is called the what?
The Greenhouse Effect. It happens when Greenhouse Gases (CO2) thicken the atmosphere and trap heat.
What heats earths atmosphere?
The sun heats the atmosphere. Solar radiation largely passes through the atmosphere and warms the surface of the earth. The earth then radiates heat up into the lower levels of the atmosphere where greenhouse gases warm. The warmed greenhouse gases then continue to radiate heat in all directions warming the atmosphere and again the earth's surface.
How do greenhouse gases affect the earths atmosphere?
They slow the loss of heat
What substance traps heat from the earths in the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases
Trapping of heat in the earths atmosphere by certain gases is known as the?
greenhouse effect
What is the ability of the Earths atmosphere to trap heat and keep us warm?
The greenhouse effect (greenhouse gases capture heat radiating up from the earth).
The process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere is called the what?
The Greenhouse Effect. It happens when Greenhouse Gases (CO2) thicken the atmosphere and trap heat.
What do you call gases that retain heat within the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases.
What do greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain?
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain infrared radiation (heat) from the surface of the earth.
What in the earth's atmosphere absorbs heat?
Greenhouse gases.
What heats earths atmosphere?
The sun heats the atmosphere. Solar radiation largely passes through the atmosphere and warms the surface of the earth. The earth then radiates heat up into the lower levels of the atmosphere where greenhouse gases warm. The warmed greenhouse gases then continue to radiate heat in all directions warming the atmosphere and again the earth's surface.
Why does earths atmosphere trap energy from the sun?
The atmosphere traps energy from the sun because in our atmosphere are greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane. These three-atom gases absorb the heat rising from the earth's surface.
What is the process in which gases trap heat in the atmosphere?
The greenhouse effect
What greenhouse effect is?
gases in the atmosphere trap the heat from the sun
