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High frequency wave energy enters the atmosphere; it gets absorbed by matter on earth and in the atmosphere; the energy then is emitted at infrared wavelengths; the infrared waves are two large to pass out of the atmosphere and they are reflected back and trapped in the atmosphere.
It is typified by the heating of a car, light comes in by the windows heats the interior and the heat waves can't escape back out of the window, so the car gets ho9tter than the outside asd heat builds up.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoTrapped energy from the sun keeps the earth warm through the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane absorb the heat radiated up from the earth's surface.
The energy heats up the planet since only some of the heat energy can leave.
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∙ 12y agoGreen house gases are so called because they tend to let Light energy in but will not allow it to leave again.
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What is a direct result when the earth's atmosphere traps energy from the sun?
The greenhouse effect
What pigment traps the enegry?
Chlorophyll is the pigment in plants that traps energy from the sun using photosynthesis.
What happens to all of the energy that the earth receives from the sun?
Energy can be scattered or absorbed by aerosols in the atmosphere. Aerosols are dust, soot, sulfates and nitric oxides. When aerosols absorb energy, the atmosphere becomes warmer. When aerosols scatter energy, the atmosphere is cooled.
Do the function of chloroplasts is to trap energy from the sun?
It traps energy from sunlight.It produce glucose using that energy.
What does the amount of energy in the atmosphere depend on?
the amount of energy absorbed by the sun and the amount of energy that escapes the earths atmosphere.
What happens when the earths atmosphere traps energy from the sun?
It cuases the green house effect
What happens when the earth's atmosphere traps energy from the sun?
The suns energy when it reaches the earth's atmosphere encounters earth's plasma and three things happens. Some of the energy is reflected , some is absorbed and the rest is transmitted to the earth.
Earth's atmosphere traps energy from the sun which?
Causes the greenhouse effect.
What is a direct result when the earth's atmosphere traps energy from the sun?
The greenhouse effect
What is the process that traps the sun's energy in the atmosphere warming the earth?
The greenhouse effect.
Which gas traps heat on Venus gas solar energy?
Venus has a very thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, which traps the heat from the sun.
Why does earths atmosphere trap energy from the sun?
The atmosphere traps energy from the sun because in our atmosphere are greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane. These three-atom gases absorb the heat rising from the earth's surface.
What cell traps sun energy and makes energy for plant?
Mesophyll Plant cell traps sun energy for plant.
What traps Suns energy and makes energy for plants?
Mesophyll Plant cell traps sun energy for plant.
Chlorophyll traps what from the sun?
light energy
The molecule that traps the sun's energy is?
Chlorophyll.
What pigment traps the enegry?
Chlorophyll is the pigment in plants that traps energy from the sun using photosynthesis.
