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What absorbs heat leaving earth's surface?
Greenhouse gases.
How do greenhouse gases absorb infrared radiation and contribute to the Earth's warming?
Greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere absorb infrared radiation emitted by the Earth's surface. This absorption traps heat in the atmosphere, leading to the warming of the Earth's surface. This process is known as the greenhouse effect.
What causes earth surface to get warm?
Sunlight. The warmth rises into the atmosphere where some is trapped by greenhouse gases. These warm gases then warm the earth's surface again.
How far are greenhouse gases from the surface of the earth?
Greenhouse gasses are all around us. In fact, you breathe out carbon dioxide every time you exhale, and when you drink water, you're conusming H2O, which in vapor form is also a greenhouse gas.
What is absorbed by green house gases?
Greenhouse gases absorb Infrared heat rising from the surface of the earth.
How do you use the words 'greenhouse gases' in a sentence?
Greenhouse gases are naturally occurring gases but by increasing the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere we are contributing to global warming.
Do greenhouse gases stop the earth from freezing?
They do. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere retain heat rising from the surface of the earth and stop it escaping into space. This keeps the earth comfortably warm and has done for thousands of years.
Do greenhouse gases trap heat near the earth's surface?
Yes, greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere by absorbing and re-emitting thermal radiation. This process, known as the greenhouse effect, increases surface temperatures and contributes to global warming.
How do greenhouse gases interact with visible light?
Greenhouse gases interact with visible light by allowing it to pass through the Earth's atmosphere. When sunlight reaches the Earth's surface, it is absorbed and then re-emitted as infrared radiation. Greenhouse gases trap some of this infrared radiation, preventing it from escaping back into space and leading to the warming of the Earth's surface.
How do greenhouse gases help keep the surface of the earth warm by absorbing heat emitted by the sun?
Greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere trap heat from the sun, allowing some of it to be absorbed by the Earth's surface. This process helps to keep the surface of the Earth warm by preventing the heat from escaping back into space.
Greenhouse gases can stop the transmission of this type of ray.?
Greenhouse gases stop the transmission of infrared rays. These are the rays which carry heat away from the earth, and therefore an increase in greenhouse gases results in global warming.
What ray can Greenhouse gases can stop the transmission of?
Infrared radiation rising from the surface of the earth.
