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Q: What lets the sun's light through but keeps the heat from escaping into the atmosphere?
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What layer of the Earth's atmosphere keeps us safe from dangerous ultraviolet light?

The layer of Earth's atmosphere which keeps us safe is ozone layer. Stratosphere is where it lies.


Does light travel faster through the lower atmosphere or through the upper atmosphere?

The speed of light is constant in a given medium.


What force keeps even light from escaping a black hole?

Gravity, the force that keeps things from flying off our planet, is also the force that prevents light from leaving a black hole. A black hole is presumed to consist of matter so densely compacted that its gravitational force is sufficient to hold back even the highest energy particles known.


What is a streak of light that passes the through the atmosphere?

Meteor is the term used to describe the streak of light (also called a shooting star) that passes through the atmosphere. The light is caused when a meteroid hits the atmosphere and burns up.


Can photons go through the atmosphere?

Yes. Light is measured in photons and it is quite evident that the atmosphere is transparent to light.


Why is the earth's atmosphere like an insulating blanket?

because that way it keeps us from the sun and light


How much of radiation from visible light waves is absorbed as the radiation passes through the atmosphere?

almost none the vast majority of visible light passes through the atmosphere.


How much of the radiation from visible light waves is absorbed as the radiation passes through the atmosphere?

almost none the vast majority of visible light passes through the atmosphere.


What happens to red light when it travels through earth's atmosphere?

As light moves through the atmosphere, it continues to go straight until it bumps into a bit of dust or gas molecules


Light made by a meteoroid as it passes through the atmosphere?

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When sun light travels through the atmosphere does is weaken?

Yes


Why did Earth's early atmosphere lose its hydrogen and helium gases?

The mass of the Earth provides insufficient gravitational attraction to prevent these very light gases from escaping into space.