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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 do you call gases that retain heat within the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases.
Why does the earth remain warm after sunset?
The surface of the earth holds heat, and the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hold heat all through the night. If the earth had no atmosphere, then at night all the heat would escape out to space and the earth would be freezing.
Why are cloudy days cooler but cloudy nights warmer than the clear ones?
During a clear night, as heat absorbed by the earth during the day seeps out, the atmosphere allows the heat to pass through. During a cloudy night, however, the clouds catch and retain the heat in the atmosphere.Clouds trap heat being reflected from the earthThe heat radiation lost from the earth gets reflected by the clouds back to the earth, warming it. Whereas on a clear night it just escapes into space.
Does the earth release heat back into the atmosphere at night?
It does not, the night side of the planet loses (radiates) heat away into space. However, cloud cover and the presence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reflect some of this lost heat back to the planet surface, they act a s a blanket.
Why the moon is colder?
No atmosphere to retain heat
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 do you call gases that retain heat within the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases.
Why it is usually colder in clear nights than on nights witch cloudy skies?
Clouds act as a kind of blanket for our atmosphere, trapping in heat. A clear night does not retain as much heat, so tend to be colder.
Why does the earth remain warm after sunset?
The surface of the earth holds heat, and the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hold heat all through the night. If the earth had no atmosphere, then at night all the heat would escape out to space and the earth would be freezing.
Why are cloudy days cooler but cloudy nights warmer than the clear ones?
During a clear night, as heat absorbed by the earth during the day seeps out, the atmosphere allows the heat to pass through. During a cloudy night, however, the clouds catch and retain the heat in the atmosphere.Clouds trap heat being reflected from the earthThe heat radiation lost from the earth gets reflected by the clouds back to the earth, warming it. Whereas on a clear night it just escapes into space.
What does the carbon dioxide in the air do to the sun?
Nothing. Earth's atmosphere does not affect the sun. It does, however, cause Earth's atmosphere to retain more of the heat from the sun.
Does a greenhouse retain or release heat?
Compared to the external environment, a greenhouse will retain heat.
Can Mercury trap heat?
No, Mercury has no atmosphere. Without an Atmosphere planets cannot trap heat. This is the reason why Mercury's temperature changes drastically from day and night.
Does the ozone layer retain heat energy from the sun in the atmosphere?
Yes, the absorption of UV rays by the ozone layer creates heat which forms the stratosphere, which gets warmer the higher you go.
Does the earth release heat back into the atmosphere at night?
It does not, the night side of the planet loses (radiates) heat away into space. However, cloud cover and the presence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reflect some of this lost heat back to the planet surface, they act a s a blanket.
Why it is cold at night at moon and hot at day?
The Moon has no protective atmosphere, as Earth does. On Earth, the atmosphere absorbs part of the heat, and moves it around.
