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What reflects energy from the sun in the atmosphere?

Water. The actual is Clouds, gases and dust reflects 25% of the incoming sun light. Clouds reflect light back to space. Dust particles and gases reflect light in all directions in a process called scattering. Gas particles scatter shorter wavelengths of visible light (blue and violet), and that is why the sky is blue.


An important visible feature of the Earth's atmosphere that is a significant reflector of sunlight?

Clouds are an important visible feature of Earth's atmosphere that reflect sunlight back into space. Their brightness and coverage impact the Earth's energy balance and overall climate system.


What gases in the earth's atmosphere reflect heat?

None. No gases reflect heat.Heat from the Sun arrives as short-wave energy and passes right through the greenhouse gases and heats the earth.This heat is emitted back up as long-wave energy. Long-wave energy is blocked by greenhouse gases, which absorb it and do not let it pass into the upper atmosphere and beyond.These greenhouse gases include:water vapor, the most plentiful gas,carbon dioxide,methane,nitrous oxide,chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs),hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) andPerfluorocarbons (PFCs)Other minor gases might be included, as well.


How does energy move from geosphere to atmosphere?

Energy from the geosphere can move to the atmosphere through processes like volcanic eruptions, where heat and gases are released into the atmosphere. Additionally, energy can be transferred from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere through conduction and convection, where heat is transferred through the ground and air.


What source of energy drives the atmosphere and hydrosphere?

The primary source of energy that drives the atmosphere and hydrosphere is the Sun. Solar energy is absorbed by the Earth's surface, causing processes like evaporation of water from oceans and heating of the atmosphere which leads to weather patterns. This energy also drives ocean currents and the water cycle.

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How does the atmoshpere reflect energy?

Some sunlight is absorbed or reflected by the atmosphere before it can reach the surface.


How is the energy from the sun reflected by the atmosphere?

The Suns rays reflect of the Earth, then off the outer shell of the atmosphere, temporarily trapping sunlight and heat.


What reflect energy from the sun in the atmosphere?

It uses something called the "greenhouse effect." Basically, "greenhouse gases," like carbon dioxide, are in the atmosphere. These gases trap and reflect the heat shining from the sun. They keep bouncing the sun's rays back and forth, which increases the temperature of the atmosphere.


What absorbs or reflects energy from the sun in the atmosphere?

Gases like water vapor, carbon dioxide, and ozone in the atmosphere can absorb and reflect energy from the sun. Particulate matter, such as dust and pollution, can also play a role in absorbing or reflecting solar energy in the atmosphere.


What are three things that absorb and reflect solar energy and keep the earth balanced?

Clouds reflect 20% and absorb 4% of incoming solar energy.The atmosphere (water drops, dust and ozone) absorbs 16%.The surface of the earth (land, vegetation, water and ice) reflects 4% and absorbs 50%.


What are greenhouse gases and how they are greenhouse gases?

Those gasses that allow the passage of shorter wavelength energy such as light but reflect or absorb longer wavelength energy such as heat. The main such gasses in our atmosphere are water vapour and carbon dioxide.


What does a black objects do to light?

black object completely absorbe the incident energy and does not reflect any light because if energy incident on any other thing it reflect some portion in atmosphere that is why we can see the thing that it is in which colour but if energy absorbes by any object here total absorption no reflection


What reflects energy from the sun in the atmosphere?

Water. The actual is Clouds, gases and dust reflects 25% of the incoming sun light. Clouds reflect light back to space. Dust particles and gases reflect light in all directions in a process called scattering. Gas particles scatter shorter wavelengths of visible light (blue and violet), and that is why the sky is blue.


What colors reflect radiant energy?

Colors like yellow, orange, and red reflect radiant energy. These colors have longer wavelengths and higher energy compared to other colors in the spectrum, allowing them to reflect more radiant energy.


An important visible feature of the Earth's atmosphere that is a significant reflector of sunlight?

Clouds are an important visible feature of Earth's atmosphere that reflect sunlight back into space. Their brightness and coverage impact the Earth's energy balance and overall climate system.


How can energy be transferred through the atmosphere?

Energy is transferred through the atmosphere by radiation.


What type of energy is transmitted through the atmosphere?

Through the atmosphere rather than by the atmosphere, then that would be electromagnetic energy.