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Does water hold heat?
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Why do solids hold their shape but liquids of and gases of the same element do not?
the particles in solids are closer together than in liquids and gases allowing it to keep its shape
Does infrared radiation reach earth?
Much of it is captured by the greenhouse gases, which hold the heat and prevent it escaping into space. As we add more and more greenhouse gases, they are able to hold more heat. This is how we are causing global warming.
What do you understand by thermal conductivity?
Thermal conductivity is more relevant to solids. Liquids and gases transfer heat using a process known as convection. There is also radiation mode of heat trasfer. Conduction is the process by which the molecules of the metal transfer heat from one to the other without the molecules themselves moving. For example if one end of a metal rod is heated and you hold the other end, pretty soon you will not be able to hold on to the rod. This is because heat from the hot end is transferred from one molecule to the next (without the molecules themselves moving) since heat wants to move from a hotter reagion to a a colder region of the rod. Different substances have different capacity to transfer heat along its length. Copper is a good conductor of heat. Wood and synthetic plastic materials are poor conductors of heat. That's why frying pans and cooking pots have non-metallic handles so that dear mom can handle them with ease and comfort. Each material transfers heat inversely proportional to its length and directly proportional to its cross-sectional area. That means that a longer rod will mean that it will take longer for the heat to reach the colder end. Similarly, if the cross-sectional area is large, heat will be transferred faster to the other end. Each material has a "coefficient of thermal conductivity".
How do fabrics absorb heat?
Fabrics do not actually absorb heat very well. Fabrics colors hold heat if they are dark but not for long.
The process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere is called the what?
The Greenhouse Effect. It happens when Greenhouse Gases (CO2) thicken the atmosphere and trap heat.
What is the process by which gases hold heat in the air?
The greenhouse effect
What is The process by which gases in the atmosphere hold heat?
I think that you are talking about the greenhouse effect.
What happens when the sun's heat warms the earth and the infrared radiation goes up into the atmosphere and is trapped by the greenhouse gases?
The greenhouse gases hold the heat. This heat warms the atmosphere around and also back down to the surface of the earth. As more fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) are burnt, more greenhouse gases are emitted and the atmosphere gets warmer. This is called global warming, which is causing climate change.
How are greenhouse gases caused by the sun?
Greenhouse gases like water vapour, carbon dioxide, and methane are not caused by the sun. They are warmed by the sun and they hold the heat to keep the earth warm. This is called the greenhouse effect.
When gases in the atmosphere form a blanket around the earth to hold heat in?
not liquids or solids?
What happens to the infrared radiation that earth emit to the atmosphere?
Much of it is captured by the greenhouse gases, which hold the heat and prevent it escaping into space. As we add more and more greenhouse gases, they are able to hold more heat. This is how we are causing global warming.
What is meant by green house?
Green house effect is the hypothesis that certain gases in the high atmosphere hold heat in.
How does the analogy of a greenhouse help you understand how these gases can trap heat near earth?
A green house for plants helps to keep in certain moistures and certain gases with in the vacinity. also keeps all your plants nice and warm in the winter! so, the gases hold in certain heat
Why does the earth remain warm after sunset?
The surface of the earth holds heat, and the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hold heat all through the night. If the earth had no atmosphere, then at night all the heat would escape out to space and the earth would be freezing.
What is green ice gases?
The question probably refers to "greenhouse" gases rather than green ice gases. Greenhouse gases are a group of gases in the atmosphere that tend to prevent heat escaping from the Earth. They act rather like a blanket and hold heat in the atmosphere. There are several greenhouse gases. The best known are carbon dioxide and methane although water vapor is also one of them, even if not usually recognized as such.
How are gases in the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide like the glass windows of a green house?
They are not exactly like the glass in a greenhouse, but they have the same effect. Greenhouse gases hold the heat in the atmosphere without letting it escape into space.
