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What name is given to gases that trap some of the sun's energy within our atmosphere?
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∙ 11y ago
They are called "greenhouse gases" because, like the glass of a greenhouse, they capture heat energy being re-radiated (as infrared rays) from the Earth.
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What name is given to a layer of gases that covers a planet star or moon?
The layer of gases that covers a planet, star or moon is called the atmosphere.
What happens to the gases given off during a supernova?
they produce thermal energy
Do noble gases exist in large amount in the atmosphere?
Depends on how many folks are eating Mexican food at any given time.
The greenhouse effect is a direct result of?
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trapping the sun's heat. Geenhouse gases like water vapor, carbon dioxide and methane become warm from infra-red heat given off by the warmed earth.
How far are greenhouse gases from the surface of the earth?
Greenhouse gasses are all around us. In fact, you breathe out carbon dioxide every time you exhale, and when you drink water, you're conusming H2O, which in vapor form is also a greenhouse gas.
What name is given to a layer of gases that covers a planet star or moon?
The layer of gases that covers a planet, star or moon is called the atmosphere.
What gas is given off into the atmosphere due to the split of water?
There are two gases: hydrogen and oxygen.
What organism is given credit for helping change the gases in your atmosphere to oxygen?
Probably ancient cyanobacteria.
What name is given to part of the sun in which energy is transferred by flowing gases?
Photosynthesis
What happens to the gases given off during a supernova?
they produce thermal energy
What is the measure of the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere?
The measure of heat in a given place is called the temperature.
What does energy budget mean?
It's the amount of energy given out by the sun, and the energy received by the earth. Within that is the energy reflected and the energy given off from the earth.
Do noble gases exist in large amount in the atmosphere?
Depends on how many folks are eating Mexican food at any given time.
When you burn fossil fuels what gas is given off?
The main gases given off when you burn fossil fuels, such as coil, oil and natural gas, are carbon dioxide and water vapour. Both are greenhouse gases, but the water vapour quickly falls out of the atmosphere.
Are the air bubbles that form on a straw submerged in liquid formed from oxygen that is already in the water or are they carried into the water by the straw as it is submerged?
The straw gives energy to dissolved gases in the liquid, be those gases oxygen, or whatever. The energy given to the gases causes those gases to come out of solution in the water, and to collect on the surface of the straw.
A sentence using the word acid rain?
Acid gases, given off when we generate electricity, mix with sunlight and water in the atmosphere to produce acid rain.
What does earth's energy budget mean?
It's the amount of energy given out by the sun, and the energy received by the earth. Within that is the energy reflected and the energy given off from the earth.
