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Terrestrial planet with a thin carbon dioxide atmosphere?
The planet may experience wide temperature extremes due to the thin atmosphere's inability to retain heat. The presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may contribute to a greenhouse effect, further influencing the planet's climate. The lack of a thick atmosphere may also leave the surface exposed to harmful solar radiation.
What effect traps solar radiation in the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor, trap solar radiation in the atmosphere. These gases absorb infrared radiation emitted by the Earth’s surface and re-radiate it, keeping the planet warm—a phenomenon known as the greenhouse effect. Increased concentrations of these gases due to human activities enhance this effect, leading to global warming and climate change.
What percentage of carbon dioxide is in mars atmosphere?
About 95.3% of Mars' atmosphere is composed of carbon dioxide.
Which Planets have atmosphere mostly carbon dioxide?
Venus and Mars haveatmospheres mostly consisting ofcarbon dioxide.
Carbon in the atmosphere is most often found as which of the following compounds?
List the compounds so I can answer your question. I would imagine Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide would be the first 2.
How will the increase in carbon dioxide affect the transmission of solar radiation through the atmosphere?
The increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means that more solar radiation (in the form of infra-red heat from the warmed earth) is absorbed in the atmosphere and prevented from escaping to space. It will not change the transmission of incoming solar radiation through the atmosphere.
What increases in the atmosphere temperature as a result of long wave radiation being trapped?
Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, trap long-wave radiation in the atmosphere, causing the temperature to increase. This phenomenon is known as the greenhouse effect and is responsible for warming the Earth's surface.
Accumulations of carbon dioxide can interfere with the transmissions of these rays?
infrared
What do you call the phenomenon wherein there is a marked increase in the earth's surface temperature associated with the radiation being trapped by its atmosphere?
This phenomenon is known as global warming. It occurs when greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, leading to the gradual increase in the planet's surface temperature.
Which gas in the atmosphere absorbs infrared radiation?
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the gas in the atmosphere that absorbs infrared radiation, contributing to the greenhouse effect and global warming.
What are water vapor and carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere good absorbers of?
Water vapor and carbon dioxide are good absorbers of infrared radiation. They trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect and helping to regulate the planet's temperature.
What does carbon dioxide and water vapor absorb?
Carbon dioxide and water vapor absorb infrared radiation from the sun and the Earth's surface, contributing to the greenhouse effect and trapping heat in the atmosphere.
What is it called when warming of the earth has trapped carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
This phenomenon is known as the greenhouse effect. It occurs when gases like carbon dioxide trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, leading to a rise in global temperatures.
What planet has a greenhouse effect that warms the planet due to the trapping of infrared radiation by carbon dioxide in the planet's atmosphere?
Three planets, Earth, Venus and Mars, all have greenhouse effects from carbon dioxide (CO2) in their atmosphere.
Does carbon dioxide sink or rise in the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide rises in the atmosphere.
What substance traps heat from the earths in the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases
What effect is a phenomenon in which carbon dioxide and other gases trap solar radiation in the atmosphere causing global air temperatures to rise?
Carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse" gases are trapped in the atmosphere due to a phenomenon referred to as global warming. Global warming refers to the constant and steady rise of the Earth's temperature.
