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How is visible light convert to infrared in greenhouse effect?
Visible light heats the earth and the earth emits infrared energy which is absorbed by green house gases that trap the heat.
What do greenhouses gases trap?
Greenhouse gases trap infrared heat (from the sun) rising from the surface of the earth. More greenhouse gases trap more heat, and this is the situation now. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in particular are trapping more heat and causing a global warming.
What name is given to gases that trap some of the sun's energy within our atmosphere?
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.
How does other green houses gases trap light from sunlight in the ozone layer in the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases absorb the infrared rays. These are heat rays of the sun.
What is the atmospheric warming created when gases such as carbon dioxide trap solar energy?
Greenhouse gases capture heat in the greenhouse effect. If the amount of gas increases then it causes global warming.
How is visible light convert to infrared in greenhouse effect?
Visible light heats the earth and the earth emits infrared energy which is absorbed by green house gases that trap the heat.
What do greenhouses gases trap?
Greenhouse gases trap infrared heat (from the sun) rising from the surface of the earth. More greenhouse gases trap more heat, and this is the situation now. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in particular are trapping more heat and causing a global warming.
What name is given to gases that trap some of the sun's energy within our atmosphere?
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.
Where the greenhouse gases trap energy?
In the atmosphere
Do clouds influence temperature?
Yes, clouds and water vapor are major greenhouse gases. They trap energy entering and infrared energy leaving earth, helping heat the earth and keep it at a temperature suitable for life.
Which of the Major gases traps heat?
Heat trapping gases absorb infrared radiation. Three of the major gases that trap heat are carbon dioxide, water vapor and methane.
How does other green houses gases trap light from sunlight in the ozone layer in the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases absorb the infrared rays. These are heat rays of the sun.
Can infrared light get through Earth's atmosphere?
Yes, some of it can. Infrared radiation is trapped by greenhouse gases, but not all of it is trapped. These gases only trap radiation in very specific parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, so there are "windows" where it can escape.
Gases in the atmosphere that trap solar energy are called?
Greenhouse Gasses
Heat that is lost to space from the earth occurs by?
Some atmospheric gases trap infrared heat radiated by the Earth. They are called greenhouse gases and the process is called the greenhouse effect. Among the gases are water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane.
what is the definition of greenhouse gas?
Greenhouse gases (GHG) are any gas or types of gases that trap, absorb and emit heat.
What gases cause a greenhouse effect on planets?
Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) trap infrared radiation (heat) causing a greenhouse effect.
