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If Earths surface is heated does it radiate most of the energy back into the atmosphere as ultraviolet radiation?
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It radiates most energy back as infarred radiation.
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What ultraviolet radiation is blocked from reaching the earth's surface by what substance found in the atmosphere?
ozone
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.
The amount of ultraviolet radiation hitting the Earth's surface is greatly reduced by which gas in the atmosphere?
Short wavelength radiation such as Ultraviolet fall to absorption spectrum band of Ozone. Ozone absorb UV and re-emitted the radiation in the range of infrared or thermal range radiation.
How does the ozone layer reduce the amount of ultraviolet radiation that reaches earths surface?
Ozone is (relatively) opaque to ultraviolet light.
What happens to the sun's heat in the greenhouse effect?
The sun's heat (ultraviolet radiation) warms the surface of the earth.Heat rises (infrared radiation) rises from the warm earth.Much of this heat is captured by greenhouse gases which become warm.This warmth makes the surrounding atmosphere warm.It also warms the surface of the earth even further.
When earths surface is heated it radiates most of the energy back into the atmosphere as ultraviolet radiation?
Not as ultraviolet; the radiation is emitted as infrared radiation.
What ultraviolet radiation is blocked from reaching the earth's surface by what substance found in the atmosphere?
ozone
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.
What happens as solar radiation travels towards earth?
Some is absorbed by molecules in the atmosphere (such as ultraviolet absorption by ozone), some is absorbed on the surface, and some is reflected by clouds or the surface back into space. The surface will re-radiate much of the absorbed solar radiation as infrared (thermal) radiation, and some of this is then absorbed by atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.
The amount of ultraviolet radiation hitting the Earth's surface is greatly reduced by which gas in the atmosphere?
Short wavelength radiation such as Ultraviolet fall to absorption spectrum band of Ozone. Ozone absorb UV and re-emitted the radiation in the range of infrared or thermal range radiation.
What the most ultraviolet radiation is blocked from reaching earths surface by what substance found in the atmosphere?
Ozone in the atmosphere blocks most of the UV radiation from the Sun... Without it's protection - the planet would overheat.
What is air and how it is important?
Air or the atmosphere helps protects living organisms by absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation, reducing temperature and warming the surface
Why doesn't the ultraviolet radiation from the sun reach the ground?
It does, but in very small amounts because it is absorbed by Earths atmosphere. The ozonosphere blocks most of the UV radiation from striking the surface of earth.
Could the sun's radiation one day possibly give mars the power to hold life?
The problem with Mars is not that there is insufficient insolation but the lack of water and atmosphere. The thin atmosphere means that too much ultraviolet radiation reaches the surface (ultraviolet is extremely damaging to single-celled organisms); the problem with the lack of water should be obvious.
Which atmosphere layer blocks radiaton from the sun?
The ozone layer is located in the stratosphere, and it blocks radiation. Specifically it blocks ultraviolet radiation, which is damaging to life. It only blocks about 98%, so it is still important to be wary of this type of radiation at the surface.
The contains most of the ozone of the atmosphere?
Stratosphere. The troposphere contains some as well at the surface, but not as much., Stratospheric ozone helps keep ultraviolet radiation out, which is harmful to life.
Where are the two places that ozone exists in the atmosphere?
It exists in the stratosphere and near the surface. Near the surface it is harmful, resulting from human pollutants for the most part. In the stratosphere is it useful, as it blocks much of the ultraviolet radiation.
