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Describe how the earth's atmosphere is heated by the greenhouse effect?
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∙ 14y ago
The popular view is that the atmosphere has some sort of layer of carbon dioxide "up there" that reflects heat back down to Earth rather than letting it escape to space. That would be like the glass on a greenhouse trapping warm air in while letting the sunlight through to increase the heat. In a greenhouse the sunlight warms the benches and floor, he warm objects heat the air, the air is trapped by the double layer of insulating glass.
It does not happen that way.
Sunlight comes in and warms the Earth's surface. It warms the gases in the air too, at least some of them with a bond size that gets excited by sunlight. These special gases are greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, water vapour and a few others). They are mixed evenly through all of the atmosphere (not in layer). When the gases are warm they share their heat with all their gas molecule neighbour and heat the atmosphere generally.
The effect i more like wet sand in a microwave. Microwaves do not heat sand. They do heat water. When you microwave wet sand, the water heats up - might even turn to steam. The hot water warms the sand.
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What natural warming of both earth lower atmosphere and the earths surface is the blank effect?
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 trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere is called what?
it allows solar radiation to penetrate to the surface!
Where on earth besides in a greenhouse does the greenhouse effect occur?
In the atmosphere. The greenhouse effect refers to the situation in the atmosphere where gases hold on to the heat rising from the earth.
What is the source of radiation for both the earth's atmosphere and the greenhouse effect?
The sun is the source of radiation for both the earth's atmosphere and the greenhouse effect.
Trapping of heat in the earths atmosphere by certain gases is known as the?
greenhouse effect
What is what is the earths atmosphere heated by?
The trapping of heat by the Earth's atmosphere is called the greenhouse effect. During the greenhouse effect, radiation becomes entrapped which results in the heating of the Earth.
What natural warming of both earth lower atmosphere and the earths surface is the blank effect?
greenhouse effect
What are the componets of natural gas?
the earths surface is bound connect with the atmosphere that represents the greenhouse effect.
What is a good sentence with the word greenhouse effect in it?
The greenhouse effect is when gases get trapped inside the earths atmosphere and cannot get out so the sun heats them up and the earth gets warmer. just like a greenhouse
Is there pictures of the greenhouse effect?
The greenhouse effect is merely a process of trapping carbon inside the earths atmosphere causing the earth to heat up. You can't take a picture of air can you?
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).
How does the Greenhouse Effect affect the atmosphere?
The greenhouse effect helps the atmosphere by keeping the suns rays on earth acting like a bubble letting sun light in but trapping as it tries to bounce of earths surface keeping earth warm
What is the trapping of heat near a planet's surface by certain gases in the planet's atmosphere?
We call it the greenhouse effect, which is natural, or the enhanced (or accelerated) greenhouse effect which is causing global warming.
The trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere is called what?
it allows solar radiation to penetrate to the surface!
What does the greenhouse do to the gases from the atmosphere?
The greenhouse effect warms the gases in the atmosphere.
What is a natural phenomenon that maintains earths temperature range?
The greenhouse effect
