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What to you call Invisible mixture of gases that surround earth?

The atmosphere.


What do you call the layer of gases that surround your planet?

The Earth's atmosphere.


What do you call the invisible mixture of gases that surround earth?

atmosphere


Is the atmosphere often referred to as air?

An atmosphere is a sort of shell of gases surrounding a planet or a moon. In Earth's case, we call these gases air. So you could say that the atmosphere is made of air.


What are the other gases in the earh's atmosphere?

the gases in earth's atmosphere are Nitrogen, Oxygen, and frankly, I do not know the other ones. Feel free to email me the other gases if you figure them out. My email is gmeb98@aol.com. If you want to call me instead, my phone number is 781-274-6802


The heating of the lower layer of the atmosphere from radiation absorbed by certain heat-absorbing gases is call what?

The Greenhouse Effect.


What planet has no true atmosphere?

Mercury, the smallest planet that is also closest to the sun. It is due to these reasons that it has no atmosphere, so the surface is a near vacuum. There are trace gases about, but not in large enough amounts to call a real atmosphere.


What does the greenhouse effect have to do with deforestation?

The greenhouse effect is simply the atmosphere's ability to retain heat. This is caused by gases, which we call greenhouse gases. These gases trap heat, rather like greenhouses trap heat to help grow plants in cold climates.


What is the planet mercurys atmosphere made of?

Mercury has a surface pressure that is near enough zero (or a vacuum), the planet holds no real atmosphere due to its small size. There are some trace gases at the surface, but not what one would call a proper atmosphere.


What do we call pieces of stone that enter the earth's atmosphere?

Meteoritesis what we call stones that enter the earths atmosphere.


What do we call pieces of stone the enter the earths atmosphere?

Meteoritesis what we call stones that enter the earths atmosphere.


What do you call an absence of atmosphere?

The absence of atmosphere is called a vacuum.