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What is the name of the earth's ozone layer that limits the amount and type of solar radiation striking the surface?
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What type of radiation is trapped on the earths surface by the green house effect?
Infrared radiation
What is the intense heat beneath earths surface can be a source of?
radiation & gravity
What effect does the earths magnetic field have on the intensity of cosmic rays striking the earths surface?
The earth's magnetosphere acts as a shield to deflect harmful energies away.
Which gas prevents damaging ultraviolet radiation from the sun from reaching earths surface?
Ozone
How does the ozone layer reduces the amount of ultraviolet radiation that reaches earths surface?
Ozone layer contains ozone molecules in abundance. These molecules decompose themselves to absorb ozone.
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.
What does the earths surface emit?
Infrared radiation.
The earths surface transfers heat to the atmosphere primarily by?
the answer is radiation
How does the ozone layer reduce the amount of ultraviolet radiation that reaches earths surface?
Ozone is (relatively) opaque to ultraviolet light.
What type of radiation is trapped on the earths surface by the green house effect?
Infrared radiation
What absorbs energy that is radiation from earths surface?
the greenhouse effect!
What type of radiation is reflected away from the earths surface?
Long-wave radiation and visible light.
What is the term for solar radiation that reaches the earth's surface?
The solar radiation that reaches the earths surface from the sun is called INSOLATION
What is the intense heat beneath earths surface can be a source of?
radiation & gravity
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.
When Earths surface is heated it radiates some of the energy back into the atmosphere as?
When Earths surface is heated it radiates some of the energy back into the atmosphere as "Infrared Radiation."
What effect does the earths magnetic field have on the intensity of cosmic rays striking the earths surface?
The earth's magnetosphere acts as a shield to deflect harmful energies away.
