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What is it called when the atmosphere holds in heat to keep the earth warm?
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∙ 11y ago
Greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, water vapor and methane capture the sun's radiation as it comes up from the surface of the earth. The molecules in the gases warm, and then radiate that heat out in all directions, including back down to the earth's surface. This is known as the greenhouse effect.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe ozone layer in the stratosphere acts as a blanket, bouncing the heat back at the the giver. (it absorbs a bit of the heat, too.)
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∙ 14y agocarbon dioxide
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∙ 9y agoCarbon dioxide
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∙ 11y agoThe greenhouse effect.
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Why does the earth remain warm after sunset?
The surface of the earth holds heat, and the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hold heat all through the night. If the earth had no atmosphere, then at night all the heat would escape out to space and the earth would be freezing.
What is a natural process that holds heat Earth-atmosphere?
The Greenhouse Effect.
When Heat is trapped in the earth's atmosphere what is the process called?
The Greenhouse Effect.
What is called when trapping heat by the atmosphere of Venus?
Greenhouse effect. The same effect that keeps Earth warmer than if there would be no atmosphere: without an atmosphere, the average temperature on Earth would be below zero Celsius.
Does the sun keep the earth warm?
The sun warms the earth. The heat (energy) from the earth then heats the air.
Why does the earth remain warm after sunset?
The surface of the earth holds heat, and the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hold heat all through the night. If the earth had no atmosphere, then at night all the heat would escape out to space and the earth would be freezing.
What is a natural process that holds heat Earth-atmosphere?
The Greenhouse Effect.
what is the trapping of heat by earth's atmosphere?
The trapping of heat by the Earth's atmosphere is called the greenhouse effect. During the greenhouse effect, radiation becomes entrapped which results in the heating of the Earth.
Why is the earths atmosphere important?
The atmosphere of the earth holds the air we breath and protects us from the harmful effects of the sun. The atmosphere also holds heat so we don't freeze to death
When heat from the sun comes through the atmosphere and heats earth is called what?
This type of heat transfer is called radiation.
When Heat is trapped in the earth's atmosphere what is the process called?
The Greenhouse Effect.
What holds the heat on the earth?
The atmosphere of Earth is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth that is retained by Earth's gravity. The atmosphere protects life on Earth by absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation, warming the surface through heat retention (greenhouse effect), and reducing temperature extremes between day and night.
The process by which the atmosphere slows earth's loss of heat to space is called the?
It is called the greenhouse effect
Process by which earth's atmosphere traps heat?
The process by which earth's atmosphere traps heat is called the greenhouse effect :)
What is what is the earths atmosphere heated by?
The trapping of heat by the Earth's atmosphere is called the greenhouse effect. During the greenhouse effect, radiation becomes entrapped which results in the heating of the Earth.
When the heat that is usually radiated back into the atmosphere as infrared radiation gets trapped and forms a dome that holds heat in this is called the what effect?
green house effect
What does the trapping of heat energy by the earth's atmosphere maintain?
Its called the greenhouse effect!Surface temperature.
