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The greenhouse effect begins with sunlight reaching the Earth's surface, where it is absorbed and converted into heat. This heat then radiates back towards space as infrared radiation. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide and methane, trap some of this heat, preventing it from escaping and warming the planet. This natural process is essential for maintaining a habitable climate, but human activities have increased greenhouse gas concentrations, intensifying the effect.
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Which parts of the Sun's radiation are responsible for heating Earth's surface?
The visible light and infrared radiation from the Sun are primarily responsible for heating Earth's surface. Visible light is absorbed by the Earth's surface, warming it up, while infrared radiation is absorbed by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, trapping heat and contributing to the greenhouse effect.
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.
How much light and warmth a planet receives depends on what?
A planet's proximity to the Sun affects how much light and warmth it will receive. In addition to its distance from the Sun, surface reflectivity as well as the planet's atmosphere or greenhouse effect. Light from the Sun will either be reflected back into space or make it to the ground to heat it up.
The sun creates heat and light through the process called?
The sun creates heat and light through the process called nuclear fusion, which involves the merging of hydrogen atoms to form helium atoms. This process releases an immense amount of energy in the form of heat and light that radiates out into space.
What gases trap heat in the atmosphere?
You are talking about the greenhouse effect, So named because a greenhouse lets in radiant energy from the sun warming the inside, but the roof and walls of the structure contain the heat.
Does the greenhouse effect absorb sun light?
Yes It does.
What happens as a result of the greenhouse effect?
We stay warm and survive. The greenhouse effect works like this. We get light energy from the sun. When that light energy hits the earth's surface, it turns into heat energy. The earth then heats up the atmosphere and the "greenhouse gases" hold this heat in keeping us warm. If not for the greenhouse effect, the earth's temperature would be about -160o C.
What is the name for the effect that is produced when warm air near earths surface bends light rays?
greenhouse effect
What happens to the size of the waves when reflected in the greenhouse effect?
Visible light radiation comes to us from the sun in the form of short wave ultraviolet light. This warms the surface of the earth. This warmth rises into the atmosphere in the form of infrared, long wave radiation, where it is captured by greenhouse gases in the greenhouse effect.
What is the name for the effect that is produced when warm air near earth earths surface bends light rays?
greenhouse effect
Does all planets have the greenhouse effect?
The only planet that "emits" light is the Earth, from all of the artificial lamps here. Green lights would be the color of mercury vapor streetlamps, which are the bane of astronomers (light pollution) and women everywhere (because the greenish light on makeup looks ghastly).
Why is it important for us to have a greenhouse effect on earth?
The greenhouse effect is what keeps the heat in after the light energy is converted to heat energy. If we did not have a greenhouse effect, life would no longer exist since the entire earth would be below freezing.
What effect does the greenhouse effect have on light entering and leaving the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases (water, carbon dioxide and methane, mostly) allow light to enter the earth's atmosphere. It comes in as solar radiation and about half of it is absorbed by the earth's surface. This radiation is converted to heat energy, which in turn, radiates infrared (longwave) radiation back out into space. Much of this infrared radiation is captured by the greenhouse gases in the troposphere (the lowest layer of the atmosphere). The warmed greenhouse gases then heat the air around them, and re-radiate the heat back down to earth, contributing to the greenhouse effect.
How does the Greenhouse Effect affect the atmosphere?
The greenhouse effect helps the atmosphere by keeping the suns rays on earth acting like a bubble letting sun light in but trapping as it tries to bounce of earths surface keeping earth warm
Does earth radiating mostly infrared light cause the greenhouse effect?
Yes, the Earth's surface absorbs sunlight and then emits much of it as infrared radiation. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap some of this infrared radiation, preventing it from escaping to space, which warms the planet overall.
How does the greenhouse effect help us?
The earth's carbon and water cycles support a natural greenhouse effect in the atmosphere where just enough of the sun's heat is kept back so that life can go on comfortably. This is how the greenhouse effect helps us.But the greenhouse effect is now turning into an "enhanced" or accelerated greenhouse effect. This is causing global warming and is not helping us.Two hundred years ago we started digging up and burning fossil fuels (for industry, transport and to make electricity). Burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas releases all the carbon dioxide that had been hidden underground for millions of years. We also cut down the great forests of the earth, which can take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.These two things, burning fossil fuels and deforestation are disrupting the normal greenhouse effect, which is now becoming an enhanced greenhouse effect, caused by man.A:The sun sends light rays into the earth, but most of the light that hits the earth is reflected back into space. If carbon dioxide, along with water vapor, methane, sulfur hexafluoride, nitrous oxide, several types of chlorinated fluorocarbons and a few other gases, did not trap much of the reflected light, the earth would be so cold that no life could exist upon its surface. The trapping of the reflected light by gases is called the greenhouse effect.
What would most likes increase the greenhouse effect?
Decreasing the amount of acid rain by increasing smoke pollution would increase the greenhouse effect. Adding carbon would not do it . . . it is already at its maximum effective amount. (Carbon may go up, but it will not increase the greenhouse effect.) Adding more water vapor would do it, but the only way to get more water in the air is to add more heat or wind to the air. Did you know that, without the greenhouse effect on Earth, that you and every other living thing would die from overheating and from ultraviolet light damage to skin tissues.
