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The big idea of energy transfer is the idea of a source of energy being changed into another form of energy such as light energy to heat energy. This effect happens in global warming where chemical energy is transferred into heat energy with a greenhouse effect.

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What are the four steps involved in the greenhouse effect process?

Solar radiation enters the Earth's atmosphere. Some of the solar energy is absorbed by the Earth's surface and warms it. The Earth's surface radiates heat energy back towards the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, trap some of this heat energy in the atmosphere, leading to a warming effect known as the greenhouse effect.


Gases in the atmosphere that trap solar energy are called?

Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, trap solar energy in the Earth's atmosphere. This leads to the greenhouse effect, which contributes to global warming and climate change.


How do greenhouse gases prevent heat and energy from escaping the Earth's atmosphere?

Greenhouse gases trap heat and energy in the Earth's atmosphere by absorbing and re-emitting infrared radiation. This process creates a "greenhouse effect" that warms the planet.


Why do you think greenhouse gases get that nickname?

Greenhouse gases get their nickname because, like the glass walls of a greenhouse, they allow sunlight to enter and warm the Earth's surface. However, they also trap some of the heat energy from the sun, leading to an overall warming effect known as the greenhouse effect.


The warming caused when air traps some of the sun's energy is called?

This has been dubbed "the greenhouse effect" (even though it is not related to how a greenhouse operates). The greenhouse effect is your friend - this would be a cold, dead planet otherwise. Of course, you get global warming if you introduce higher quantities of gasses that are better at "greenhousing" than the atmosphere you're adding them to.

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What type of energy does a greenhouse gas transfer to nitrogen and oxygen?

A greenhouse gas primarily transfers infrared energy to nitrogen and oxygen. This energy is absorbed and re-emitted by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, contributing to the Earth's greenhouse effect and warming the planet.


What type of energy transfer is part of the green house effect?

The greenhouse effect involves the transfer of infrared radiation energy. Solar radiation passes through the Earth's atmosphere and warms the surface. The Earth then emits infrared radiation back towards the atmosphere, where greenhouse gases trap some of this energy, leading to a warming effect.


What type of energy drives the greenhouse effect?

Heat energy drives greenhouse effect. Huge amount of heat energy is trapped at a surface.


What effect does the greenhouse effect have on business?

It save energy


The trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere is called what?

The trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere is called the greenhouse effect. This occurs when gases like carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere trap heat radiating from the planet's surface, leading to a warming effect.


What traps the energy near the earth's surface?

Greenhouse Effect


What absorbs energy that is radiation from earths surface?

the greenhouse effect!


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 source of energy in the greenhouse effect?

The Sun is the source of energy. Heat from the sun radiates up from the surface of the earth and warms the greenhouse gases.


How will solar energy effect our world?

solar energy will effect our world because it will stop the greenhouse effect from growing -SmartyPants411-Did you also know painting your roof white will reduce greenhouse effect??? If everyone in the U.S. painted their roof white, greenhouse effect would be reduced enough to take back all emissions done in 2008.


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 is the process that traps the sun's energy in the atmosphere warming the earth?

The greenhouse effect.