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What are the limitations in comparing the earth's atmosphere to a greenhouse?
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The scale is the most limiting factor in comparing the Earth's atmosphere to that of a greenhouse. The type of surface that sunlight first encounters is an important factor. Forests, grasslands, ocean surfaces, ice caps, deserts, and cities all absorb, reflect, and radiate radiation differently. Sunlight falling on a white glacier surface strongly reflects back into space, resulting in minimal heating of the surface and lower atmosphere. Sunlight falling on a dark desert soil is strongly absorbed, on the other hand, and contributes to significant heating of the surface and lower atmosphere. Cloud cover also affects greenhouse warming by both reducing the amount of solar radiation reaching the earth's surface and by reducing the amount of radiation energy emitted into space.
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How do greenhouse gases affect the earths atmosphere?
They slow the loss of heat
What substance traps heat from the earths in the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases
How did earths atmosphere change?
Earths atmosphere has changed in a few ways. It contains more pollutants and carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gas.
Trapping of heat in the earths atmosphere by certain gases is known as the?
greenhouse effect
What heats earths atmosphere?
The sun heats the atmosphere. Solar radiation largely passes through the atmosphere and warms the surface of the earth. The earth then radiates heat up into the lower levels of the atmosphere where greenhouse gases warm. The warmed greenhouse gases then continue to radiate heat in all directions warming the atmosphere and again the earth's surface.
How do greenhouse gases affect the earths atmosphere?
They slow the loss of heat
What is the source of radiation for both the earths atmosphere the greenhouse?
The sun.
What is the source of radiation for both the earths atmosphere and greenhouse?
The sun.
What substance traps heat from the earths in the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases
How did earths atmosphere change?
Earths atmosphere has changed in a few ways. It contains more pollutants and carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gas.
Trapping of heat in the earths atmosphere by certain gases is known as the?
greenhouse effect
What is what is the earths atmosphere heated by?
The trapping of heat by the Earth's atmosphere is called the greenhouse effect. During the greenhouse effect, radiation becomes entrapped which results in the heating of the Earth.
What are the componets of natural gas?
the earths surface is bound connect with the atmosphere that represents the greenhouse effect.
Why is Co2 is a greenhouse gas?
because it has the ability to trap heat, thus warming the earths atmosphere :)
Why is Carbon-Oxygen2 important for the earths atmosphere?
It is not, because the greenhouse affect causes global warming.
What is the ability of the Earths atmosphere to trap heat and keep us warm?
The greenhouse effect (greenhouse gases capture heat radiating up from the earth).
What heats earths atmosphere?
The sun heats the atmosphere. Solar radiation largely passes through the atmosphere and warms the surface of the earth. The earth then radiates heat up into the lower levels of the atmosphere where greenhouse gases warm. The warmed greenhouse gases then continue to radiate heat in all directions warming the atmosphere and again the earth's surface.
