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Which gases in earths atmosphere help keep surface temperatures warm enough for life?
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carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor.
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In which temperature zone of Earth's atmosphere is the space dust first slowed enough by friction to be pulled to Earth's surface?
stratosphere
How can the greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases cause problems with earths energy budget?
Earth's energy budget has been balanced for thousands of years. The natural greenhouse effect allows enough heat in and out of the atmosphere to keep it warm enough for life. Additional greenhouse gases, which we are now adding to the atmosphere and causing problems with the budget and the earth is warming up. This warming is causing climate change.
Why are temperatures very hot in the daytime but cold at night?
The temperature differs on the moon because as it rotates, one side becomes sunny and the other dark. The sunny, or 'day' side will have very high temperatures because it is close to the sun, and the dark, or 'night', side of the moon will have lower temperatures because it is further away.
What type of cloud has fog?
Fog is just a cloud that is low enough to touch the earth's surface. Yea fog is a cloud.
As the depth below the earths surface increases does the temperature increase?
For the most part, yes. (There are exceptions, of course.)
What planet has a very warm surface and tick atmosphere?
The atmosphere of the planet Venus is made mainly of carbon dioxide. This gas acts like the glass of a greenhouse, keeping the surface temperatures high enough to melt lead.
What happens to water once it moves from from Earths surface to the atmosphere?
water condenses and when there is enough water vapor is condensed it rains so it may transpire or evaporate once more
What accounts for the fact that Venus has the hottest surface temperatures of any planet in the Solar System?
Venus is the hottest planet, as it is close to the sun and also has a thick arbon Dioxide atmosphere that holds the heat more effectively like an oven. Mercury has no atmosphere as it is not massive enough, so although its closer to the sun, it does not hold its heat. Surface temperatures on Venus average 735 Kelvin or 460 °C.
What planet has a hot temperature?
Even though Mercury is closer to the Sun, Venus is hotter, with its atmosphere causing a runaway greenhouse effect. Surface temperatures are around 735K - hot enough to melt lead.
Why there is not atmosphare on the moon surface?
The Moon does not have enough gravity to retain an atmosphere.
What holds the atmosphere to the earth?
The earths gravity. The more mass a body has, the more gravity, The Earth has enough mass to hold an atmosphere. The Moon, on the other hand, is not massive enough, and so does not have a high enough gravity, which prevents it from holding an atmosphere.
What is a rock from space that strikes earths surface?
A meteoroid is a rock in space. If it strikes the earth's atmosphere, it will create a meteor, which is a streak of light in the sky. If the meteoroid was large enough, it may reach the ground. Once it has hit the ground it is called a meteorite.
X-ray telescopes are located in orbit around the Earth because?
Most x-rays are filtered out by the Earths atmosphere so collecting enough to get a clear picture would be almost impossible.
Why doesnt mercury have an atmosphere?
One word- gravity. Mercury is just simply not massive enough to generate the gravity required to hold gases close enough to the surface to create an atmosphere.
What terrestrial worlds have thin or no atmosphere?
Mercury has virtually no atmosphere. Mars has an atmosphere that is much thinner than Earth's, but still thick enough for wind to be important in shaping its surface.
Where did the gases in the earths atmosphere come from?
Scientist theorize that bacteria with chlorophyll in them slowly but surely began to multiply. And as they did, they photosynthesized enough to create an entire atmosphere. (as you know oxygen is a byproduct of photosynthesis)
Where is the meteor found?
A meteoroid is found in space, it's a small lump of rock that is between the size of a sand grain and a boulder. Anything much larger is considered to be an asteroid. If one gets close enough to the earth then it will burn in the earths atmosphere (in the mesosphere portion, 50-85km up), the visible trail is known as a meteor. If one manages to get to the surface of the earth, after surviving entry into earths atmosphere, then is becomes a meteorite.
