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What particles rain down continuously on the atmosphere of the Earth?
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cosmic rays
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Does air pollution effect the earth's atmosphere?
Once it reaches the atmosphere, the rain will become acid rain and fall back down to the earth
What do you call the process of water from the atmosphere going down to earth?
that process is called precipitation...............
What is The total mass of air surrounding the Earth from the uppermost thermosphere down to the troposphere?
The atmosphere
What holds the earth's atmosphere down and keeps it from blowing away?
The Earth's gravity keeps the gasses in the atmoshere drawn to the planet.
How was the earth's atmosphere made?
Outgassing from volcanoes formed the Earth's original atmosphere. Later green plants converted large amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to create the modern atmosphere with roughly 20% oxygen, 80% nitrogen, and tiny amounts of other gasses.
What role does the presence of tiny particles in the air play in cloud formation?
The role is for them to come down from the atmosphere and take oxygen and other materials. When they take oxygon they slow it down on earth.
Why would ash and other particles in the atmosphere cool temperatures?
They cool down when they combine carbon dioxid and atmosphere.
How is the Aurora Australis formed?
The Aurora Australis in the southern hemisphere, (and Aurora Borealis in the northern hemisphere) are magnificent displays of coloured light. They result from collisions between electrically charged gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles from the sun that enter the atmosphere. Sunspot activity causes electrons and protons from the sun to be blown towards the earth on the solar wind. The different colours are caused by the different types of gas particles. The reason they occur more at the poles is that earth's magnetic field, which usually deflects the particles, is weaker there, allowing the particles to enter. Some particles are attracted by the magnetic poles due to the electromagnetic behaviour of charged particles, which causes the particles to be led down the lines of magnetic flux until they hit the atmosphere.
How does a rocket ship go through the earth's atmosphere?
The engines provide lift, which pushes projectiles down. And, since every action has an equal and opposite reaction, since the engine pushes particles down, the particles push the engine up. The engine, in turn, pushes the rocket ship.
How do insulators slow down heat transfer?
They stop the hot particles from escaping into the atmosphere
What pulls the gas molecules in the atmosphere down to earth?
Gravity
Do meteors glow as they collide with earth's atmosphere?
Yes and No, When they are flying down toward earth the are burning in the atmosphere thus making them appear to glow.
Does air pollution effect the earth's atmosphere?
Once it reaches the atmosphere, the rain will become acid rain and fall back down to the earth
How does air help shape the Earth?
the wind causes erosion, carrying the soil to any place on earth, dropping it onto any surface, thus controlling the earth's surface.
What is the name given to elementary particles originating in the sun and other stars that continuously rain down on the earth?
Stars are constantly emitting solar radiation, or CMEs (coronal mass ejections). Earth is a target to solar radiation, but fortunately most radiation is either deflected Earth's magnetic field or ozone layer protecting us from it. Solar radiation is dangerous and lethal in outer space if exposed to it. Earth's magnetic field directs solar radiation to the poles and when it reacts with the atmosphere it lights up and creates the northern lights.
What creates the Aurora in the sky?
Auroras are caused by the solar wind hitting the Earth's atmosphere. Solar wind is a stream of particles (usually ions) that stream constantly from the Sun. Sometimes the wind is stronger than other times. The shape of the Earth's magnetic field usually deflects these particles, but at the poles they can get funneled down towards the Earth, which is why aurora happen more often at the north (aurora borealis) and south (aurora australis) poles. When solar wind particles hit atoms in the atmosphere, they knock off electrons (ionize them), which causes the colors we see.
Does the temperature increase as you get higher up in the atmosphere?
As you get higher up in the atmosphere there is less and less air on top of your head so there is less weight, meaning there is less pressure. Gravity. Atmosphere will be more compact closer to Earth because particles in the air have mass and are thus pulled down by gravity.
