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A small part of the heating of the atmosphere is directly from the sun. A lot of heating near the surface is done through conduction from land or water that has been warmed by the sun.
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Why is Earth's atmosphere mainly heated from the ground up?
Solar radiation mostly passes through the atmosphere without heating it, due to its wavelength. It does not pass through the ground, however, and it heats the ground. The ground emits radiation at a wavelength dependent on its temperature. This radiation happens to be in the thermal infrared part of the spectrum, or in other words, sensible heat. Therefore, the atmosphere is heated by the surface, whereupon the heat tends to rise and heat the lower atmosphere.
What would happen to the water cycle if the sun heated the atmosphere evenly?
If the sun heated the atmosphere evenly, the water vapor in the air wouldn't move from 1 place to another.
What happens to the atmosphere after large scale volcanic eruptions?
What happens to the atmosphere when they erupt?
What happens to the chemical reaction when it gets heated?
It may speed up when heated.
What happens when ozone is heated?
Ozone when heated gets decomposed. It decomposes into oxygen.
As evaporating water enters into the atmosphere what happens?
Its molecules become heated.
What happens to most solids as they are heated?
They could reach their melting point and melt or they could char and react with the oxygen in the atmosphere. Some solids will ignite when heated.
What heats the lower atmosphere?
The lower atmosphere is heated by the ground, which is heated by sunlight.
What happens when white phosphorus is heated with concentrated sodium hydroxide?
A gas is generated which undergoes spontaneous combustion in the atmosphere.
How convection happens?
Convection happens due to the transfer of heat by the motion of a heated fluid such as air or water.
Is the earth heated by the sun?
it is heated by conduction by the earths atmosphere
How is earth's surface heated by the sun?
it is heated by conduction by the earths atmosphere
What layer of the atmosphere is heated by the ozonosphere?
conduction
Which layer of the atmosphere is heated by the earth?
Stratosphere
How air get heated in atmosphere?
air gets heated with carben dioxid and the rays of the sun
Is the earth's atmosphere heated directly by a planet or a star?
Earth is heated by the sun, which is a star.
What happens to matter when heated?
When matter is heated it will expand
