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Is the earths atmosphere heated by solar energy?
Yes, the Earth's atmosphere is heated by solar energy. Sunlight penetrates the atmosphere and warms the surface of the Earth. This heat is then radiated back into the atmosphere, contributing to its overall temperature.
What absorbed the most energy that is radiated from earths surface?
the greenhouse
What is the energy exchange between space the atmosphere and earths surface produce?
The energy exchange between space, the atmosphere, and Earth's surface produces a balance of incoming solar radiation and outgoing thermal radiation. Solar energy is absorbed by the Earth's surface, which then emits thermal radiation back into the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap some of this thermal radiation, leading to the warming of the Earth's surface.
How does solar radiation leave earths atmosphere?
Solar radiation leaves Earth's atmosphere through a process called reflection and absorption. Some of the radiation is reflected back into space by clouds, gases, and particles in the atmosphere. The remaining radiation is absorbed by the surface of the Earth, where it is converted into heat energy.
What are 2 ways the earths atmosphere get heated?
The Earth's atmosphere is heated through solar radiation, where sunlight is absorbed by the Earth's surface and then re-radiated as heat into the atmosphere. Atmospheric heating also occurs through the greenhouse effect, where certain gases trap heat in the atmosphere by preventing it from escaping into space.
Is the earths radiation shortwave or longwave?
Earth's radiation is primarily longwave. Shortwave radiation from the sun enters the Earth's atmosphere, where some is absorbed and re-radiated as longwave radiation. This longwave radiation is what is emitted back out into space.
How do geologists think earths atmosphere formed?
how do geologists think earths atmosphere is formed
What is the earths second layer of earths atmosphere?
STRATOSPHERE
What happens to the energy from the sun that is absorved by earths surface?
The energy from the sun that is absorbed by the Earth's surface is converted into heat. This heat is then re-radiated back into the atmosphere, contributing to the Earth's overall temperature and driving weather patterns and climate systems.
Is it true when heated Earths surface radiates some of the energy back into the atmosphere as infrared radiation?
Yes, of course. Basically, all the energy (or almost all of it) that the Earth absorbs from the Sun must be radiated back into space at some moment.
What is the layer of earths atmosphere farthest away from earths surface?
Thermosphere, it is also the atmosphere with the highest temperatures.
What do we call pieces of stone the enter the earths atmosphere?
Meteoritesis what we call stones that enter the earths atmosphere.
