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Which form of radiation given off by the earth causes heating of the earth's atmosphere?
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How does solar radiation leave earths atmosphere?
It is radiated by many of the gases in the lower atmosphere.
Heating the Earths atmosphere is caused by energy consumption or production?
both
What is the amount of heat energy in the earths atmosphere is referred to as?
Longwave radiation.
Most of earths incoming ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by what?
The atmosphere and especially the ozone layer
What the most ultraviolet radiation is blocked from reaching earths surface by what substance found in the atmosphere?
Ozone in the atmosphere blocks most of the UV radiation from the Sun... Without it's protection - the planet would overheat.
What part of the earths atmosphere absorbs the radiation that causes skin cancer?
green house effect
What causes the air in earths atmosphere to move?
The heating of the air goes up while heating and when it gets to the top and goes to the bottom it cools
What is what is the earths atmosphere heated by?
The trapping of heat by the Earth's atmosphere is called the greenhouse effect. During the greenhouse effect, radiation becomes entrapped which results in the heating of the Earth.
What drives convection within earths atmosphere?
Uneven heating of the Earths atmosphere and oceans by the sun
The earths surface transfers heat to the atmosphere primarily by?
the answer is radiation
Is all radiation absorbed in the earths atmosphere is absorbed in what atmosphere?
Not all the radiation is absorbed in the earth's atmosphere called the troposphere.
What causes all of the changes that take place in earths atmosphere?
what causes all of the changes that take place in earths atmosphere is the tilt of the earths axis
Why does earths atmosphere absorb radiation?
It absorbs radiation to protect it. It protects from UV rays.
How does solar radiation leave earths atmosphere?
It is radiated by many of the gases in the lower atmosphere.
What is the source of radiation for both the earths atmosphere the greenhouse?
The sun.
What is the source of radiation for both the earths atmosphere and greenhouse?
The sun.
What drives convection in Earth's atmosphere and oceans?
Uneven heating of the Earths atmosphere and oceans by the sun
