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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.
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Is the earth heated by the sun?
it is heated by conduction by the earths atmosphere
What layer of the atmosphere is heated by the earths surface?
trophosphere
What increases enthalpy in the air molecules of the earths atmosphere?
the air being heated by the sun
Is the earths atmosphere heated by solar energy?
Yes, the Earth's atmosphere is heated by solar energy. Sunlight penetrates the atmosphere and warms the surface of the Earth. This heat is then radiated back into the atmosphere, contributing to its overall temperature.
Earths atmosphere is heated mainly by what?
The sun as it is the most powerful heat source in our solar system.
What is the glowing trail that results when a meteroid burns up in earths atmosphere?
Air heated to incandescence.
Why spacecraft get hot while enter into the earths atmosphere?
A spacecraft has to work against the air friction when it enters our atmosphere. Thus it gets heated a
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 is the glowing trail that results when a meteorite burns up in earths atmosphere?
It is heated ionised air and matter from the meteorite.
What is the glowing trail that results when a meteorite burns up earths atmosphere?
It is heated ionised air and matter from the meteorite.
What is the term for a metiorite which enters earths atmosphere?
The streak of light across the sky caused when a space rock falls through the atmosphere and is heated to incandescence is a "meteor".
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.
