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What three gasses present in Earths atmosphere absorb solar radiation?
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- Carbon dioxide
- Methane
- Nitrous Oxide
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Why does earths atmosphere absorb radiation?
It absorbs radiation to protect it. It protects from UV rays.
What are Two ways gases can affect radiation?
Gases absorb radiation and some is absorbed in the atmosphere :)
Which gas present in earth atmosphere can absorb sun ultraviolet radiation?
The gas in Earths atmosphere that absorbs UV radiation is Ozone in an area of the stratosphere called the ozone layer, 10-50km up. Containing 3 Oxygen atoms compared to molecular (diatomic) oxygen that we breath with 2 oxygen molecules.
Which layer of the atmosphere does not absorb solar radiation?
Troposphere does not absorb solar radiation. All other layers do not absorb.
What do some of the gases in the earths atmosphere absorb?
Ozone gas is present as ozone layer. It absorbs the UV rays of the sun.
What dangerous radiation does the atmosphere absorb?
The atmosphere absorb UV radiations. They are absorbed by ozone layer.
What are gasses in the atmosphere that absorb solar radiation called?
The ozone gas absorbs UV rays. It is present as ozone layer.These atmospheric gases, also referred to as greenhouse gases, absorb solar radiation and cause a rise in temperature.
How much radiation does the atmosphere absorb?
The atmosphere absorbs most of the radiation. The ozone layer absorbs most of the UV rays.
What do greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain?
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain infrared radiation (heat) from the surface of the earth.
The atmosphere and clouds directly absorb about20 percent of the solar radiation that strikes earth How does the sun indirectly warm the atmosphere?
Earth's land and sea absorb solar radiation, then reradiate it to the air
What is caused by gases in the atmosphere that absorb radiation and transfer heat?
greenhouse effect
Which atmospheric gases absorb UV radiation?
Ozone absorbs UV radiation. It is present as ozone layer.
